Osteen R T, Steele G D, Menck H R, Winchester D P
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
CA Cancer J Clin. 1992 Jan-Feb;42(1):39-43. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.42.1.39.
Data voluntarily submitted to the NCDB by 597 hospitals throughout the US indicate marked variations in the type of surgery used for the treatment of breast cancer. Patients in New England with early stage breast cancer are much more likely to be treated with partial mastectomy than are patients in the East South Central or West North Central regions.
美国597家医院自愿提交给国家癌症数据库的数据表明，用于治疗乳腺癌的手术类型存在显著差异。新英格兰地区早期乳腺癌患者接受保乳手术的可能性远高于东南中部或西北中部地区的患者。
