The management of early breast carcinoma before and after the introduction of clinical practice guidelines

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 476-485

  White, Victoria ^a   Pruden, Myee ^a   Giles, Graham ^a   Collins, John ^b   Jamrozik, Konrad ^c,d   Inglis, Graeme ^a   Boyages, John ^e   Hill, David ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ICSTM Charing Cross Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Clinical practice guidelines; Management; Population based

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242813793     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20401     Document Type: Article

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