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Fear of Recurrence and Perceived Survival Benefit are Primary Motivators for Choosing Mastectomy over Breast-Conservation Therapy Regardless of Age

Carla S. Fisher, Tonya M. Martin-Dunlap, Megan Baker Ruppel, Feng Gao, Jordan Atkins, Julie A. Margenthaler

Annals of Surgical Oncology · 2012 · 123 citations · 19 references

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Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lumpectomy plus Irradiation for the Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer

Bernard Fisher, Stewart Anderson, John Bryant et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 6.2K citations · Full text

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Twenty-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Study Comparing Breast-Conserving Surgery with Radical Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer

Umberto Veronesi, Natale Cascinelli, Luigi Mariani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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Five-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy and Segmental Mastectomy with or without Radiation in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

Bernard Fisher, Madeline Bauer, Richard G. Margolese et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1985 · 2.2K citations

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Ten-Year Results of a Comparison of Conservation with Mastectomy in the Treatment of Stage I and II Breast Cancer

Joan Jacobson, David N. Danforth, Kenneth H. Cowan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 901 citations · Full text

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Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Cancer

JAMA · 1991 · 783 citations

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