The specialist breast unit and breast surgery as a specialty

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-231

  Blichert Toft, Mogens ^a   Kroman, N ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast surgery; Breast surgery as a specialty; The specialist breast unit; Training in breast surgery

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0036414708     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690209100303     Document Type: Review

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