Patient navigation for underserved patients diagnosed with breast cancer

Oncologist

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1027-1031

  Raj, Aparna ^a   Ko, Naomi ^b   Battaglia, Tracy A ^b   Chabner, Bruce A ^a   Moy, Beverly ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer disparities; Outcomes; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BOSTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT NAVIGATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84865256330     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0191     Document Type: Article

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