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T1  - The quality of preoperative diagnostics and surgery and their impact on delays in breast cancer treatment - A population based study 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/223938 
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A1  - Ojala, Kaisu; Meretoja, Tuomo J.; Mattson, Johanna; Salminen-Peltola, Paivi; Leutola, Suvi; Berggren, Marianne; Leidenius, Marjut H. K. 
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Y1  - 2016 
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AB  - Background and objectives: This study aims to clarify quality of breast cancer surgery in population-based setting. We aim to elucidate factors influencing waiting periods, and to evaluate the effect of hospital volume on surgical treatment policies. Special interest was given to diagnostic and surgical processes and their impact on waiting times. Methods: All 1307 patients having primary breast cancer surgery at the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District during 2010 were included in this retros... 
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KW  - Breast cancer; Surgery; Quality of care; Treatment delay; Waiting time; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSERVATION SURGERY; HOSPITAL VOLUME; OF-CARE; SURVIVAL; TRIAL; DISSECTION; INITIATION; BIOPSY; WOMEN; 3122 Cancers; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology 
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