The possible advantages of breast-conserving surgery over mastectomy with respect to psychosocial adjustment were assessed in an interview study. Consecutive patients 40 to 80 years of age with invasive breast cancer of Stages I and I1 were eligible for the study. Of 161 women, 99 agreed to particip
The psychosocial adjustment of mastectomy patients after radiotherapy
β Scribed by Elizabeth Novotny; Joseph M. Hyland; Lolafaye Coyne; John W. Travis; Henriette Pruyser
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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