Open AccessPatient Compliance Is Critical for Equivalent Clinical Outcomes for Breast Cancer Treated by Breast-Conservation Therapy
Author(s) -
Benjamin D.L. Li,
W. A. Brown,
Federico L. Ampil,
Gary V. Burton,
Herbert Yu,
John C. McDonald
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200006000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , clinical trial , mastectomy , radiation therapy , population , cancer , randomized controlled trial , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , paleontology , biology , environmental health
To determine the compliance with a standard breast-conservation therapy (BCT) program in a predominantly indigent, minority population of patients with early breast cancer (stage I and II) served by a rural state institution in the South; to compare the clinical outcomes of this group with those reported in clinical trials; and to examine the socioeconomic factors that may have contributed to the rate of compliance.