The relationships among clinician delay of diagnosis of breast cancer and tumor size, nodal status, and stage.

Chelsea Hardin; Suellen Pommier; Rodney F. Pommier

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The relationships among clinician delay of diagnosis of breast cancer and tumor size, nodal status, and stage.

November 22, 2006

Hardin C, Pommier S, Pommier RF. Am J Surg. 2006;192(4):506-8.

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The authors analyzed medical records of patients with a delayed breast cancer diagnosis to determine if there was a correlation between certain prognostic factors and length of delay.

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