Use of imaging for staging of early-stage breast cancer in two integrated health care systems: Adherence with a choosing wisely recommendation

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e320-e328

  Hahn, Erin E ^a   Tang, Tania ^b   Lee, Janet S ^b   Munoz Plaza, Corrine ^b   Adesina, Joyce O ^b   Shen, Ernest ^b   Rowley, Braden ^b   Maeda, Jared L ^b   Mosen, David M ^b   Ruckdeschel, John C ^b   Gould, Michael K ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929667637     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2014.002998     Document Type: Article

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