Patient-led breast cancer follow up

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-102

  Chapman, D ^a   Cox, E ^a   Britton, P D ^a   Wishart, G C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Follow up; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT LED BREAST CANCER FOLLOW UP; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64649098175     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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