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Donnelly, Peter K., Hiller, Louise and Dunn, Janet A. (2008) Follow-up after breast cancer : national randomised controlled trial is needed. British Medical Journal, Vol.336 (No.7642). pp. 461-462. ISSN 0959-8146
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39500.469664.1F
Abstract
Dixon and Montgomery recommend that breast cancer follow-up be evidence based, flexible, and tailored to patients’ needs. 1 Unfortunately neither their proposal to provide only annual clinical review for two years nor the 2002 guideline from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, which recommends hospital based follow-up for no longer than three years for asymptomatic patients, is evidence based. A recent Cochrane review showed a wide range of recommendations for follow-up practice and identified the urgent need for a large randomised controlled trial …
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Sciences Research Institute (CSRI) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Long-term care, Breast -- Cancer -- Research, Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Medical Journal |
| Publisher: | B M J Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 0959-8146 |
| Date: | 1 March 2008 |
| Volume: | Vol.336 |
| Number: | No.7642 |
| Number of Pages: | 2 |
| Page Range: | pp. 461-462 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1136/bmj.39500.469664.1F |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Version or Related Resource: | Response to: Dixon, M.J. and Montgomery, D. (2008). Follow-up after breast cancer. British Medical Journal, 336, pp. 107-8. |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/30434 |
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