Rapid assessment breast clinics - Evolution through audit

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2961-2967

  Toomey, D P ^a   Cahill, R A ^a   Birido, N ^a   Jeffers, M ^a   Loftus, B ^a   McInerney, D ^a   Rothwell, J ^a   Geraghty, J G ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Rapid assessment breast clinics; Triple assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33750523024     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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