The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme and British Association of Surgical Oncology audit of quality assurance in breast screening 1996-2001

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-87

  Sauven, P ^a   Bishop, H ^a   Patnick, J ^b   Walton, J ^c   Wheeler, E ^c   Lawrence, G ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE BREAST SCREENING PROGRAM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037264747     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4013     Document Type: Article

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