The Proportion of Women Who Have a Breast 4 Years after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study

There are numerous pathways in breast cancer treatment, many of which enable women to retain a breast after treatment. We evaluated the proportion of women who have a breast, either through conserving surgery (BCS) or reconstruction, at 4-years after diagnosis, and how this varied by patient group....

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 11; no. 5; p. e0153704
Main Authors:	Mennie, Joanna C, Mohanna, Pari-Naz, O'Donoghue, Joseph M, Rainsbury, Richard, Cromwell, David A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 05-05-2016 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Age Factors Aged Analysis Breast - surgery Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - surgery Cancer Cancer research Cancer surgery Clinical medicine Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Comorbidity Diagnosis Female Geographical distribution Health aspects Hospitals Humans Identification methods Mammaplasty - statistics & numerical data Mastectomy Medical diagnosis Medical screening Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Networks Patients Plastic surgery Population studies Population-based studies Psychological aspects Reconstruction State Medicine - statistics & numerical data Surgery United Kingdom - epidemiology Variation Women Womens health United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK England Midlands (England)
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