In-hospital delay in the diagnosis of breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 914-919

  Jenner, D C ^a   Middleton, A ^a   Webb, W M ^a   Oommen, R ^a   Bates, T ^a  

^a WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033943213     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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