Delayed presentation of symptomatic breast cancers in Hong Kong: Experience in a public cancer centre

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 373-377

  Yau, T K ^a   Choi, C W ^a   Ng, Esther ^a   Yeung, Rebecca ^a   Soong, Inda S ^a   Lee, Anne W M ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Prognosis; Signs and symptoms; Socioeconomic factors; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CENTER; CONSULTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649877725     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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