Depression in breast cancer patients who have undergone mastectomy: A national cohort study (original) (raw)
Fig 1
Schematic illustration of the participant selection process of the present study.
The indicated number of breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomies from 2003 to 2012 were selected from a total of 1,025,340 patients (n = 2,141). After removal of unmatched participants, male participants, and participants younger than 15 years old, 2,130 participants were ultimately included in the study. These participants were matched 1:4 with 8,520 control participants.