Diagnostic delay in breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Barber, M D ^a   Jack, W ^a   Dixon, J M ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642540083     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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