Delayed radiotherapy for breast cancer patients in integrated delivery systems

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 785-789

  Gold, Heather Taffet ^a   Thwin, Soe Soe ^b   Buist, Diana S M ^c   Field, Terry S ^d   Wei, Feifei ^e   Yood, Marianne Ulcickas ^f,g   Lash, Timothy L ^b   Quinn, Virginia P ^h   Geiger, Ann M ⁱ   Silliman, Rebecca A ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h Kaiser Permanente Southern California   (United States)

ⁱ WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70849116694     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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