Analysis of referrals to a multi-disciplinary breast cancer genetics clinic: Practical and economic considerations

Familial Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-303

  Reis, Marta M ^a   Young, Dorothy ^a   McLeish, Lorna ^a   Goudie, David ^a   Cook, Alan ^a   Sullivan, Frank ^a   Vysny, Helen ^a,b   Fordyce, Alison ^c   Black, Roger ^c   Tavakoli, Manouche ^d   Steel, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Breast cancer; Clinical services; Economics; Familial; Genetic; Primary care; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750219420     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-006-7849-x     Document Type: Article

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