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Basis for Choice of Simple Procedure for Carcinoma of the Breast
Author(s) -
CASE THOMAS C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1972.tb00835.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast cancer , breast carcinoma , simple (philosophy) , general surgery , radical mastectomy , carcinoma , modified radical mastectomy , surgery , oncology , cancer , epistemology , philosophy
A surgeon who has had over thirty years' experience with the “extended simple mastectomy” for carcinoma of the breast gives reasons for his choice of this procedure rather than radical mastectomy. In his view, this procedure does the most good for the greatest number of breast cancer patients.