One-stop diagnostic breast clinics: How often are breast cancers missed

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1873-1878

  Britton, P ^a   Duffy, S W ^b   Sinnatamby, R ^a   Wallis, M G ^a   Barter, S ^a   Gaskarth, M ^a   O'Neill, A ^c   Caldas, C ^c   Brenton, J D ^c   Forouhi, P ^a   Wishart, G C ^a  

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

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast diseases; Diagnosis; Diagnostic errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; ONE STOP DIAGNOSTIC BREAST CLINIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349265208     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605082     Document Type: Article

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