Psychological effects of being offered choice of surgery for breast cancer

13 August 1994

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in BMJ

Vol. 309 (6952) , 448
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6952.448

Abstract

We studied 269 consecutive patients aged under 75 with stage I or II breast cancer in south east England. We assessed them using semistructured psychiatric interviews and standardised questionnaires before treatment and at two weeks and three, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.

Keywords

EMPIRICAL APPROACH
PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

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