Follow-up in breast cancer: Does routine clinical examination improve outcome? A systematic review of the literature

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1632-1641

  Montgomery, D A ^a   Krupa, K ^b   Cooke, T G ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Detection methods; Follow up; Locoregional relapse; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37049010703     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604065     Document Type: Article

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