title: Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer.
abstract: In the past year, there have been timely and important reports on psychosocial aspects of breast cancer screening. Noteworthy papers have also been published on the psychologic sequelae of mastectomy compared with breast conservation, quality-of-life-adjusted survival analysis with breast cancer adjuvant therapy, and the relative importance to patients with metastatic breast cancer of quality-of-life dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fetting
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D015996:Survival Rate