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Patterns of surgical treatment of breast cancer in Victoria.

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posted on 2024-06-03, 09:55 authored by SF Hurley, Trish LivingstonTrish Livingston, DJ Jolley, SA Hart
We analysed data on admissions to Victorian public hospitals for surgical treatment of breast cancer over the period July 1985 to December 1988. Of the 2993 women admitted, 28.7% received breast-preserving surgery. The probability of a woman being treated conservatively was dependent on age, with women aged less than 50 or more than 70 years more likely to receive breast-preserving surgery than women aged 50-69. There was an age-specific change, of marginal statistical significance, in the proportion of women receiving breast-preserving surgery over the period. The public hospitals admissions database is a potentially useful means of monitoring patterns of surgical treatment.

History

Journal

Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery

Volume

60

Pagination

871-878

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0004-8682

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1990, Wiley

Issue

11

Publisher

Wiley