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Breast Cancer
Patients unhappy with follow-up visits to oncologists
April 6th, 2004
Women who have been treated for breast cancer find follow-up visits to their oncologists unsatisfactory and not reassuring, according to research carried out in Sweden. Ingrid Kossler, president of the Swedish Association of Breast Cancer Societies, told the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference in Hamburg on March 18, 2004, that the format of follow-up visits needed to be changed and that research should be carried out into the efficacy of specialist nurses conducting the follow-ups. Kossler sent questionnaires to 1,200 members of three different local breast cancer organizations within the Swedish Breast Cancer Association, and also distributed it...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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