Effects of specialisation on treatment and outcomes in screen-detected breast cancers in Wales: Cohort study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-42

  Allgood, P C ^a,b   Bachmann, M O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b East of England Screening Quality Assurance   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Outcomes; Specialisation; Survival

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 30644473292     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602894     Document Type: Article

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