The impact of a multidisciplinary breast cancer center on recommendations for patient management: The university of Pennsylvania experience

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1231-1237

  Chang, John H ^a   Vines, Eugenio ^a   Bertsch, Helaine ^a   Fraker, Douglas L ^a   Czerniecki, Brian J ^a   Rosato, Ernest F ^a   Lawton, Thomas ^a   Conant, Emily F ^a   Orel, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Breast conservation treatment; Combined modality treatment; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Mastectomy; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0035312451     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010401)91:7<1231::AID-CNCR1123>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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