Referrals for suspected hematologic malignancy: A survey of primary care physicians

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-636

  Abel, Gregory A ^a   Friese, Christopher R ^b   Neville, Bridget A ^a   Wilson, Katherine M ^c   Hastings, B Taylor ^a   Earle, Craig C ^d   Keating, Nancy L ^e   Richardson, Lisa C ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; PANCYTOPENIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MASSACHUSETTS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWEATING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84861340877     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23172     Document Type: Letter

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