Follow-up care of patients treated for breast cancer: A structural review

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-35

  Collins, Rosalind F ^a   Bekker, Hilary L ^b   Dodwell, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Effectiveness measures; Follow up; Patient centred; Review

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242329831     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-7372(03)00141-5     Document Type: Article

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