Missed opportunities: Clinical antecedents in the diagnosis of advanced breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2782-2785

  Carter, Timothy I ^a   Reilly, James J ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY BREAST CANCER; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LOCALLY ADVANCED BREAST CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84867402521     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2365-8     Document Type: Article

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