Are mastectomy rates really increasing in the United States?

After the National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement in 1990, breast-conserving surgery (BCS) became more common while mastectomy rates decreased. However, several recently published single-institution studies have reported an increase in mastectomy rates in the past decade. We conducted a po...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 28; no. 21; p. 3437
Main Authors:	Habermann, Elizabeth B, Abbott, Andrea, Parsons, Helen M, Virnig, Beth A, Al-Refaie, Waddah B, Tuttle, Todd M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 20.07.2010
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Breast Neoplasms - surgery Female Humans Mastectomy - statistics & numerical data Mastectomy - trends Middle Aged SEER Program Time Factors United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	1527-7755, 1527-7755
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