An assessment of delays in obtaining definitive breast cancer treatment in Southern Italy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-215

  Montella, M ^a   Crispo, A ^a   Botti, G ^a   De Marco, M ^a   De Bellis, G ^a   Fabbrocini, G ^a   Pizzorusso, M ^b   Tamburini, M ^a   D'Aiuto, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Education; Medical delay; Medical profession; Medically underserved; Overall delay; Patient delay; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034917035     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010622909643     Document Type: Article

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