Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-323

  Han, Paul K ^a,b   Klabunde, Carrie ^c   Noone, Anne Michelle ^c   Earle, Craig ^d   Ayanian, John ^e   Ganz, Patricia ^f   Virgo, Katherine ^g   Potosky, Arnold ^h  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; overuse; screening; surveillance; survivorship care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVEILLANCE TESTING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84884212600     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827da908     Document Type: Article

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