Patterns and correlates of patient referral to surgeons for treatment of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Katz, Steven J ^a   Hofer, Timothy P ^a   Hawley, Sarah ^a   Lantz, Paula M ^a   Janz, Nancy K ^a   Schwartz, Kendra ^a   Liu, Lihua ^a   Deapen, Dennis ^a   Morrow, Monica ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANPOWER; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURGERY;

EID: 33846910238     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.1846     Document Type: Article

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