Breast conservation rates - Barriers between tertiary care and community practice

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1196-1199

  Hahn, Carol A ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Chen, David Y ^a   Lind, Pehr A ^a,b   Lind, Heidi M ^a   Prosnitz, Leonard R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

MASTECTOMY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037376122     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04475-9     Document Type: Article

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