pubmed-article:9152153 | pubmed:abstractText | A follow-up study was undertaken of all Western Australian women who had a new diagnosis of breast cancer during 1989. The aims were to determine survival, frequency of recurrence and quality of life (QoL) of Western Australian women 5 years after a diagnosis of breast cancer; to determine reasons for choice or rejection of reconstructive surgery in those women treated by mastectomy, and to determine if the choice of lumpectomy or mastectomy affects subsequent QoL. | lld:pubmed |