Recommended breast cancer surveillance guidelines

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2149-2156

  Somerfield, Mark R ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030963119     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.5.2149     Document Type: Article

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