Geographic variation in breast cancer care in Switzerland

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Ess, S ^a   Savidan, A ^a   Frick, H ^a   Rageth, Ch ^a   Vlastos, G ^b   Lutolf U ^c   Thurlimann B ^d  

^a Cancer Registry St Gallen Appenzell ^*  (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast surgery; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Health care disparities; Mastectomy; Practice guideline; Radiotherapy; Retrospective study; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Systemic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950371309     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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