Improvements in breast cancer pathology practices among medicare patients undergoing unilateral extended simple mastectomy

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 164-170

  Imperato, Pascal James ^a,b   Waisman, Jerry ^c,d   Wallen, Marcia D ^a   Llewellyn, Christine C ^a   Pryor, Veronica ^a  

^a IPRO Inc   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer pathology practices

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICARE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041920957     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060301800406     Document Type: Article

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