Surgical Options for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Factors Associated with Patient Choice and Postoperative Quality of Life

EFFECTS OF IMMEDIATE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION ON PSYCHOSOCIAL MORBIDITY AFTER MASTECTOMY

1983 • 391 citations

Breast conservationversus mastectomy. Is there a difference in psychological adjustment or quality of life in the year after surgery?

1992 • 346 citations

Effects of breast conservation on psychological morbidity associated with diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer.

1986 • 341 citations

SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF HODGKIN'S CELLS

1975 • 267 citations

Illness Intrusiveness and the Psychosocial Impact of Lifestyle Disruptions in Chronic Life-Threatening Disease

1994 • 231 citations

Psychological effects of being offered choice of surgery for breast cancer

1994 • 204 citations

Psychosocial outcome in a randomized surgical trial for treatment of primary breast cancer

1988 • 174 citations

Psychological outcome of lumpectomy versus mastectomy in the treatment of breast cancer

1985 • 150 citations

A comparison of the psychological effects of breast-saving procedure with the modified radical mastectomy

1981 • 128 citations

Psychological distress after initial treatment for breast cancer: A comparison of partial and total mastectomy

1989 • 123 citations

Breast conservation versus mastectomy: distress sequelae as a function of choice.

1989 • 113 citations

Psychosocial adjustment among women with breast cancer stages I and II: six-year follow-up of consecutive patients.

1994 • 111 citations

Patient Acceptance of Immediate Reconstruction Following Mastectomy

1982 • 107 citations

Reasons Why Mastectomy Patients Do Not Have Breast Reconstruction

1990 • 107 citations

Psychosocial Outcomes of Breast Cancer Therapies: Lumpectomy Versus Mastectomy

1989 • 104 citations

Variations in breast cancer treatment by patient and provider characteristics

1996 • 97 citations

The Treatment Decision-Making Process: Age Differences in a Sample of Women Recently Diagnosed With Nonrecurrent, Early-Stage Breast Cancer

1997 • 95 citations

Psychosocial Impact of Laryngectomy Mediated by Perceived Stigma and Illness Intrusiveness^*

1994 • 87 citations

Psychological Effects of Breast-Conserving Cancer Treatment and Mastectomy

1990 • 87 citations

Decision making by patients with breast cancer: the role of information in treatment selection.

1993 • 80 citations

Are modified radical mastectomies done for T1 breast cancers because of surgeon's advice or patient's choice?

1992 • 80 citations

Variation in breast cancer surgery in Ontario.

1994 • 77 citations

Psychosocial and functional status of breast cancer patients. The influence of diagnosis and treatment choice.

1993 • 63 citations

Treatment Considerations in Postmastectomy Reconstruction: Their Relative Importance and Relationship to Patient Satisfaction

1994 • 61 citations

Breast cancer control among the underserved — An overview

1996 • 57 citations

Breast cancer patients' personality style, age, and treatment decision making

1996 • 57 citations

Comparison of couples' adjustment to lumpectomy and mastectomy

1986 • 43 citations

Prospective hospital-based survey of attitudes of Southern women toward surgical treatment of breast cancer

1995 • 26 citations