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Breast Cancer
Data on breast cancer described by R. Singhal et al
March 20th, 2008
"Published data suggest that the 2-week wait system and triple assessment at one fast-track clinic visit is an out-dated method of capturing disease from a referral population. These studies report up to 32% of breast cancer coming from routine referrals," scientists in Birmingham, the United Kingdom report. "It has been recommended, therefore, that all breast referrals should be seen within 2 weeks. The sheer volume of referrals are likely to prevent this target being achieved. The aim of this study was to analyse the performance of our fast-track system. The Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull fast-track clinics were set up in 1999 with a prospective audit system. The...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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