Breast cancer management: a rural perspective.
Audit of a general surgical practice in the rural Victorian town of Echuca identified 28 new patients with breast cancer between September 1992 and August 1995 (10% of those with breast conditions). The rural setting was no impediment to breast conservation (achieved in 68% of the 25 who had surgery) or to a multidisciplinary approach (management was planned in conjunction with an oncologist and/or specialist breast surgeon for 26 of the 28 patients).
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Echuca Regional Health, VIC.
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D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome