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Breast Cancer
Report summarizes breast cancer study findings from I. Koinberg and co-researchers
February 19th, 2009
"Breast cancer follow-up programmes consume large resources and despite the indications that several alternative approaches could be used effectively, there is no coherent discussion about costs and/or cost-effectiveness of follow-up programmes. In a prospective trial there were 264 breast cancer patients, stage I and II, randomised to two different follow-up programmes- PG (physician group) and NG (nurse group)," scientists in Sweden report. "The trial period was 5 years. The women in the two intervention groups did not differ in anxiety and depression, their satisfaction with care, their experienced accessibility to the medical centre or their medical outcome as...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-19)
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