Role of the general practitioner during the active breast cancer treatment phase: An analysis of health care use

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 705-714

  Roorda, Carriene ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a   Van Der Veen, Willem Jan ^a   Lindeman, Annemarie ^a   Jansen, Liesbeth ^a   Van Der Meer, Klaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active treatment phase; Breast cancer; General practice; Health care utilisation; Primary care database

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INSECTICIDE; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; OSMOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863422783     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1133-9     Document Type: Article

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