An audit of follow-up clinics for breast cancer patients in Cornwall: Is the time and effort worth it?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 578-584

  Morris, J ^a   Wheatley, D ^b   Ingram, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Breast cancer; Costs; Follow up clinics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 54349129377     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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