Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Multicenter Comparison of Four Abdominally Based Autologous Reconstruction Methods.

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Published in Plast Reconstr Surg on March 01, 2016

Authors

Sheina A Macadam1, Toni Zhong, Katie Weichman, Michael Papsdorf, Peter A Lennox, Alexes Hazen, Evan Matros, Joseph Disa, Babak Mehrara, Andrea L Pusic

Author Affiliations

1: Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and New York, N.Y. From the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia; the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto; the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Montefiore Medical Center; New York Medical Center, New York University; and the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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