Open AccessParticipation in decision making regarding type of surgery and treatment-related satisfaction in North Indian women with early breast cancer
Author(s) -
Sushma Agrawal,
Anshu Goel,
Punita Lal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.98974
Subject(s) - medicine , breast conserving surgery , breast cancer , modified radical mastectomy , mastectomy , breast surgery , general surgery , oncoplastic surgery , cancer , surgery
Breast conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy is an established modality of treatment in early breast cancer patients since three decades, but yet it has not been adopted worldwide.