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- Title
Increasing use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for breast cancer patients: a trend toward more aggressive surgical treatment.
- Authors
Tuttle, Todd M; Habermann, Elizabeth B; Grund, Erin H; Morris, Todd J; Virnig, Beth A
- Abstract
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 trends of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in the United States.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2007, Vol 25, Issue 33, p5203
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2007.12.3141