Breast clinic referrals – should mastalgia be managed in primary care?
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Breast clinic referrals – should mastalgia be managed in primary care?
Background Following centralisation of breast cancer services in Ireland, the number of patients attending symptomatic breast units (SBU) has increased significantly. A considerable proportion of patients referred to SBU present with non-suspicious symptoms and fall into a “low-risk” category for breast cancer. It has been proposed that consideration be given to a GP-delivered service for these...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-7-s1-o7