The Impact of Breast Clinic on the Mastectomy and Axillary Clearance Rates at a Tertiary Hospital in an Eastern Caribbean Nation: A Comparative Study

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the leading form of cancer in women in Trinidad and Tobago. Traditionally the practice of mastectomy or wide local excision with or without axillary clearance was applied to most of these patients. This is often associated with significant morbidity and a poor cosmetic o...

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Published in:Int J Breast Cancer
Main Authors: Islam, Shariful, Aziz, Imran, Shah, Jitendra, Oba, Jacob, Harnarayan, Patrick, Rampersad, Arlene Jammie, Naraynsingh, Vijay
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431495/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984428
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8018242
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