European Breast Cancer Conference manifesto on breast centres/units

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 244-250

  Cardoso, Fatima ^a   Cataliotti, Luigi ^b   Costa, Alberto ^c   Knox, Susan ^d   Marotti, Lorenza ^e   Rutgers, Emiel ^f   Beishon, Marc ^c  

^a CHAMPALIMAUD CLINICAL CENTER   (Portugal)

^b Breast Centres Certification and Senonetwork Italia Onlus   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d EUROPA DONNA   (Italy)

^e EUSOMA   (Italy)

^f NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast centres; Breast units; EBCC; Manifesto; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY GROUP; BREAST CANCER; BUDGET; CANCER CENTER; CASE STUDY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPEAN; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TELEMEDICINE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85008199362     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.10.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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