On referral patterns for patients with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-246

  Kahn, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MASTECTOMY; NOTE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846920843     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.8245     Document Type: Editorial

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