The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 142-146 , April 2010

Disparities in access to breast care nurses for breast surgeons: A National Breast Cancer Audit survey

  • Claire Marsh

      Affiliations

    • National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia
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  • Jim Wang

      Affiliations

    • National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia
    • ,
  • James Kollias

      Affiliations

    • National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia
    • Section of Breast Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, South Australia
    • Breast Surgeons Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, South Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, PO Box 553, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8363 7513; fax: +61 8 8362 2077.
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  • Margaret Boult

      Affiliations

    • National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia
    • ,
  • Janet Rice

      Affiliations

    • Flinders Medical Centre, Breast Clinic, Adelaide, South Australia
    • ,
  • Guy Maddern

      Affiliations

    • National Breast Cancer Audit, ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Stepney, South Australia 5069, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, University of Adelaide, South Australia

Received 6 July 2009 ,Revised 24 December 2009 ,Accepted 11 January 2010.

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PII: S0960-9776(10)00005-6

doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.01.003

The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 142-146 , April 2010

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