The Emotional Status, Attitudes in Decision-Making Process, and Their Impact on Surgical Choices in Korean Breast Cancer Patients

Purpose. We examined the incidence of emotional distress in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer to determine whether the degree of emotional distress affected their choice of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy and evaluated how the patient’s preferred role in decision-making influenc...

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Main Authors: Sook Young Jeon, Kyoung-Eun Kim, Eun-Kyu Kim, Hyunhee Han, Han-Byoel Lee, Wonshik Han, Dong-Young Noh, Hyeong-Gon Moon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6636986