Health care strategies to promote earlier presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: Perspectives of women and family physicians

Current Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Heisey, R ^a,b   Clemons, M ^c   Granek, L ^d   Fergus, K ^e   Hum, S ^g   Lord, B ^f   McCready, D R ^b   Fitzgerald, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Family physician; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 80053653973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v18i5.869     Document Type: Article

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