Increasing Use of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy for Breast Cancer Patients: A Trend Toward More Aggressive Surgical Treatment
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- 20 November 2007
- journal article
- breast cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 25 (33) , 5203-5209
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2007.12.3141
Abstract
Purpose Many patients with unilateral breast cancer choose contralateral prophylactic mastectomy to prevent cancer in the opposite breast. The purpose of our study was to determine the use and tren...Keywords
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