Breast cancer follow-up: Just a burden, or much more?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1431-1432

  Tondini, Carlo ^a   Fenaroli, P ^b   Labianca, R ^a  

^a Breast Cancer Unit   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548399473     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm380     Document Type: Editorial

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