Breast cancer presentation and diagnostic delays in young women

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-25

  Ruddy, Kathryn J ^a   Gelber, Shari ^a   Tamimi, Rulla M ^b   Schapira, Lidia ^c   Come, Steven E ^d   Meyer, Meghan E ^a   Winer, Eric P ^a   Partridge, Ann H ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; breast self examination; early detection of cancer; neoplasm metastasis; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890804973     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28287     Document Type: Article

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