Identifying suspected breast cancer: Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 586, 2011, Pages

  McCowan, Colin ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a   Dewar, John ^b   Thompson, Alastair ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79957475787     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X572391     Document Type: Article

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