All patients (N=41) who participated in a randomized clinical trial in the Leiden University Hospital comparing mastectomy to tumorectomy have been studied with respect to their quality of life 11 months (+\_ 5 ) after surgery. The body image of patients is more severely impaired after mastectomy th
Quality of life of Breast Cancer patients and types of surgery for Breast Cancer — current status and unresolved issues —
✍ Scribed by Shozo Ohsumi; Kojiro Shimozuma; Katsumasa Kuroi; Michikazu Ono; Hirohisa Imai
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 29 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1340-6868
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