Patterns of seeking medical care among Egyptian breast cancer patients: Relationship to late-stage presentation

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 555-561

  Mousa, Shimaa M ^a   Seifeldin, Ibrahim A ^b,c   Hablas, Ahmed ^c   Elbana, Eman S ^b   Soliman, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tanta Cancer Center   (Egypt)

^c Tanta Cancer Center and the Gharbiah Cancer Society   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Developing countries; Egypt; Medical care; Patient navigation; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82955162714     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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