학술논문

Geographic variation in the treatment of localized breast cancer.
Document Type
Article
Source
New England Journal of Medicine. 4/23/92, Vol. 326 Issue 17, p109 7. 5p. 6 Charts.
Subject
*BREAST cancer treatment
Language
ISSN
0028-4793
Abstract
Assesses variations in the use of breast-conserving surgery from 1983 to 1986 is non-Hispanic white, Hispanic and black women with breast cancer in nine areas of the United States. Finding of a marked variation in the US in the use of breast-conserving strategy for localized breast cancer; Methods; Results; Discussion; Age and racial differences in treatment in some areas; More.