Variations in compliance to quality indicators by age for 41,871 breast cancer patients across Europe: A European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists database analysis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1221-1230

  Kiderlen, Mandy ^a,b   Ponti, Antonio ^c,d   Tomatis, Mariano ^c,d   Boelens, Petra G ^a,b   Bastiaannet, Esther ^a,b   Wilson, Robin ^c,e   Van De Velde, Cornelis J H ^a,b   Audisio, Riccardo A ^a,c,f,g  

^a European Registration of Cancer Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA)   (Italy)

^d CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Department of Surgery St Helens Teaching Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Quality indicators; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84930678575     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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