Timely cancer diagnosis and management as a chronic condition: Opportunities for primary care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Jiwa, Moyez ^a   Saunders, Christobel M ^b   Thompson, Sandra C ^a   Rosenwax, Lorna K ^a   Sargant, Scott ^a   Khong, Eric L ^c   Halkett, Georgia K B ^a   Sutherland, Gloria ^d   Ee, Hooi C ^e   Packer, Tanya L ^a   Merriman, Gareth ^a   Arnet, Hayley R ^a,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE FINDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 49749135748     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01921.x     Document Type: Article

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