Managing the 2-week wait for breast patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-71

  Singhal, Rishi ^a,b   Marudanayagam, Ravi ^a   Balasubramanian, B ^a   Paterson, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 week wait; Breast cancer; Fast track

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38949212940     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X242015     Document Type: Article

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