Fostering coordinated survivorship care in breast cancer: Who is lost to follow-up?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-204

  Kukar, Moshim ^a   Watroba, Nancy ^a   Miller, Austin ^b   Kumar, Shicha ^a   Edge, Stephen B ^c  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BAPTIST CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lost to follow up; Survivorship; Transfer of care

Indexed keywords

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84900314682     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-013-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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