Breast conservation surgery versus total mastectomy among women with localized breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa.
Breast conserving surgery (BCS) has become the preferred surgical option for the management of patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer in high-income countries. However, little is known about the distribution and determinants of BCS in low-and middle-income countries, especially those with high HI...
Main Authors: | Herbert Cubasch, Maureen Joffe, Paul Ruff, Donald Dietz, Evan Rosenbaum, Nivashni Murugan, Ming Tsai Chih, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Caroline Dickens, Katherine Crew, Judith S Jacobson, Alfred Neugut |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5552305?pdf=render |
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