Kylie Minogue's breast cancer: effects on referrals to a rapid access breast clinic in the UK.
Breast
; 15(5): 667-9, 2006 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-16730988
ABSTRACT
We examine the effect of the announcement of Kylie's breast cancer on referrals to a rapid access breast clinic in the United Kingdom. General practitioner referrals were examined, concentrating on June 2005; the month following Kylie's diagnosis. Time series analysis with autoregressive integrated moving average modeling was used to forecast data. There was a significant increase in referrals and radiographic investigations, with no increase in the number of malignant diagnoses. It is encouraging that media campaigns appear to make women more 'breast aware;' however there may also be a detrimental effect with increased radiation exposure, anxiety and cancer phobia.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Listas de Espera
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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article