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Breast Cancer
Research data from J.Y. Chen and colleagues update understanding of breast cancer
February 12th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, "For women with early stage breast cancer, physician-patient discussion of breast reconstruction is an essential step in their participation in the decision-making process for their treatments. This study examines sociodemographic variation of physician-patient discussion of breast reconstruction and explores the impact of this discussion on the use of breast reconstruction." "We used data from the Los Angeles Women's Study, a population-based study of women 50 years and older with breast cancer. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-12)
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