Breast Conservation Versus Mastectomy: Patient Survival in Day-to-Day Medical Practice and in Randomized Studies
PEMD-95-9
Published: Nov 15, 1994. Publicly Released: Nov 15, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the survival rates of patients receiving breast-conservation therapy versus mastectomy therapy, focusing on whether patients' survivability is affected by having treatment in single-center studies rather than multi-center studies.
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Breast cancerCancer researchComparative analysisDisease detection or diagnosisHealth care servicesHealth statisticsMedical information systemsTherapyMastectomyCancer