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
Subtle Differences in Quality of Life After Breast Cancer Surgery
β Scribed by Irene L. Wapnir; Ronald P. Cody; Ralph S. Greco
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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