Factors associated with wait times across the breast cancer treatment pathway in Ontario

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Plotogea, Amalia ^a,b   Chiarelli, Anna M ^a,b   Mirea, Lucia ^b,c   Prummel, Maegan V ^a   Chong, Nelson ^d   Shumak, Rene S ^a   O'Malley, Frances P ^e   Holloway, Claire M B ^f   Boyd, Norman ^g   Chappell, Lynn ^l   Fleming, Brenda ^l   Hey, Amanda ^h   Joanisse, Suzie ⁱ   McMullen, Alison ^j   Rand, Carol ^k   Van Manen, Lori ^l  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h Health Sciences North   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^j Regional Cancer Care Northwest   (Canada)

^k JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Demographic factors; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Treatment wait time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887313429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-388     Document Type: Article

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