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A preliminary prediction model for potentially guiding patient choices between breast conserving surgery and mastectomy in early breast cancer patients; a Dutch experience

PURPOSE: To guide early stage breast cancer patients to choose between breast conserving surgery (BCS) and mastectomy (MST) considering the predicted cosmetic result and quality of life (QoL). METHODS: A decision model was built to compare QoL after BCS and MST. Treatment could result in BCS with go...

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Autores principales: Vos, Elvira, Koppert, Linetta, van Lankeren, Winnifred, Verhoef, Cornelis, Koerkamp, Bas Groot, Hunink, Myriam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-017-1740-0