Random physician effect and comparative effectiveness of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-82

  Virnig, Beth A ^a   Tuttle, Todd M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251472406     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq511     Document Type: Editorial

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