Race of the clock: Reducing delay to curative breast cancer surgery

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Loftus, Loretta ^a   Laronga, Christine ^a   Coyne, Karen ^a   Hildreth, Lynne ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TO FIRST CONSULT; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST CONSULT TO TUMOR BOARD; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUMOR BOARD TO SURGERY;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897397562     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0206     Document Type: Article

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