An audit of the quality of endometrial cancer care in a specialised unit

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 22-24

  Parkin, David E ^a   Warraich, Q ^a   Fleming, D J ^a   Chew, G K ^a   Cruickshank, M E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Specialisation; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646542646     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 00369330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.51.2.22     Document Type: Article

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