Survey of the practice of follow-up for the early detection of distant metastases in breast cancer patients in Europe

Breast

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 72-74

  Ciatto, S ^a   Muraca, M G ^a   Rosselli Del Turco, M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031798767     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(98)90059-5     Document Type: Article

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