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Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Cancer: A Report From the National Ca...

Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Cancer: A Report From the National Ca...

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Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Cancer: A Report From the National Cancer Data Base, 1998–2007

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Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Cancer: A Report From the National Cancer Data Base, 1998–2007

Publisher

New York: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Annals of surgical oncology, 2010-10, Vol.17 (10), p.2554-2562

Language

English

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New York: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Background
Several studies have reported an increased rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) in patients with unilateral breast cancer. This study reports on CPM trends from the American College of Surgeon’s National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) diagnosed over a 10-year period.
Methods
Data about women diagnosed with unilateral bre...

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Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Unilateral Cancer: A Report From the National Cancer Data Base, 1998–2007

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_755170604

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_755170604

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ISSN

1068-9265

E-ISSN

1534-4681

DOI

10.1245/s10434-010-1091-3

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