The relationships among clinician delay of diagnosis of breast cancer and tumor size, nodal status, and stage

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-508

  Hardin, Chelsea ^a   Pommier, SuEllen ^a   Pommier, Rodney F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delay of diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748433646     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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