Open AccessBreast Cancer: Making Choices About Surgery
Author(s) -
Martha C. Monroe,
Barbara F. Shea
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fy898-2007
Subject(s) - lumpectomy , mastectomy , breast cancer , medicine , general surgery , cancer , family medicine
FCS8828, a 3-page fact sheet by Martha C. Monroe and Barbara F. Shae, provides information that can help women decide between lumpectomy and a mastectomy. It reviews various aspects of the two different surgeries and gives patients practical and medical information that can assist in this decision. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, April 2007.