Results of the Lynn Sage Second-Opinion Program for local therapy in patients with breast carcinoma: Changes in management and determinants of where care is delivered

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 889-894

  Clauson, Jennifer ^a   Hsieh, Y C ^b   Acharya, Simbi ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^b   Morrow, Monica ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Initial consultation; Second opinion; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037083678     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10318     Document Type: Article

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