A nurse-led ocular oncology clinic in Liverpool: Results of a 6-month trial

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 937-943

  Sandinha, T ^a   Hebbar, G ^a   Kenawy, N ^a   Hope Stone, L ^a   Damato, B ^a  

^a Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

follow up; nurse practitioner; uveal tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CHOROID NEVUS; CHOROID TUMOR; CHOROIDAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONJUNCTIVA MELANOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC UVEAL TUMOR; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NURSE ONCOLOGY CLINIC; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR GROWTH; UVEA TUMOR;

EID: 84863877751     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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