Is knowledge translation adequate? A quality assurance study of staging investigations in early stage breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Han, Dolly ^a   Hogeveen, Sophie ^a   Sweet Goldstein, Miriam ^a   George, Ralph ^a   Brezden Masley, Christine ^a   Hoch, Jeffrey ^b   Haq, Rashida ^a   Simmons, Christine E ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Chest X ray; Early stage breast cancer; Imaging; Staging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857919940     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1786-6     Document Type: Review

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