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Psychological, sociodemographic, and clinicopathological predictors of breast cancer patients’ decision to undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Azmi Marouf, Hatan Mortada and Mahmoud G. Fakiha
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 267-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24946
Azmi Marouf
From the Faculty of Medicine (Marouf ), King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City; and from the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Fakiha), Department of Surgery, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hatan Mortada
From the Faculty of Medicine (Marouf ), King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City; and from the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Fakiha), Department of Surgery, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mahmoud G. Fakiha
From the Faculty of Medicine (Marouf ), King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit (Mortada), King Saud Medical City; and from the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Fakiha), Department of Surgery, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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