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Surgeon perspectives about local therapy for breast carcinoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-11-01)
BACKGROUND Geographic variations in the use of mastectomy and the use of radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) have motivated concerns that surgeons are not uniformly adhering to treatment standards. ...
Racial differences in breast cancer survival in the Detroit Metropolitan area
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-05)
African American (AA) women have poorer breast cancer survival compared to Caucasian American (CA) women. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether socioeconomic status (SES) and treatment differences influence ...
5-Year mammography rates and associated factors for older women Approved by the University of Michigan Medical School Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research (#1995-0343) Barbara Threatt, M.D., was a consultant regarding mammography practice and interactions with older women
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-03-01)
BACKGROUND Major national interventions occurred in the early and mid-1990s to increase mammography screening rates among older women. The current study examined mammography utilization by older women during this period. ...
Thin primary cutaneous melanomas
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002-10-01)
BACKGROUND Public awareness and education may lead to the detection of thinner melanomas, which may result in a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates. Which detection patterns, lesion, and patient characteristics are ...
Current management of patients with melanoma who are pregnant, want to get pregnant, or do not want to get pregnant See referenced original article on pages 2248–53, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-05-01)
No abstract.