Breast Complaints, Biopsies, and Cancer Correlated with Age in 10,000 Consecutive New Surgical Referrals

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-117

  Seltzer, Murray H ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Biopsy; Breast; Cancer; Complaints; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 1642323667     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21284.x     Document Type: Article

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