Mammographic surveillance of asymptomatic breast cancer relatives in general practice: rate of re-attendance and GP- and patient-related barriers

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 450-454

  Duijm, Lucien E M ^a,b   Guit, Gerard L ^a   Zaat, Joost O M ^a  

^a Kennemer Gasthuis Loc EG ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Family practice; Mammography; Reminder systems; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031457256     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.6.450     Document Type: Article

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