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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 2/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011

Effect of Surgery on Quality of Life with Operable Breast Cancer in Limited Resource Environments: Reply

Authors: Alida F. W. van der Steeg, Jolanda De Vries, Jan A. Roukema

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 2/2011

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We thank Purvi Thakkar et al. for their comments on our article [1]. It is good to see that our results are reproducible. The reported decrease in quality of life may be explained by the fact that a different questionnaire was used. The FACT-B is a disease-specific questionnaire that inquires more into functioning than into satisfaction with functioning. …
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van der Steeg AF, De Vries J, Roukema JA (2010) Anxious personality and breast cancer: possible negative impact on quality of life after breast-conserving therapy. World J Surg 34(7):1453–1460CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Effect of Surgery on Quality of Life with Operable Breast Cancer in Limited Resource Environments: Reply
Authors
Alida F. W. van der Steeg
Jolanda De Vries
Jan A. Roukema
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0834-4

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