Comparison of elapsed times from breast cancer detection to first adjuvant therapy in Nova Scotia in 1999/2000 and 2003/04

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Rayson, Daniel ^a,c   Saint Jacques, Nathalie ^b   Younis, Tallal ^a   Meadows, Jason ^a   Dewar, Ron ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Care Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33846952537     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060825     Document Type: Article

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