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Are patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer getting appropriate DEXA scans? A District General Hospital experience

Breast cancer patients are often at high risk of fragility fractures partly due to adjuvant endocrine therapy such as aromatase inhibitors and chemotherapy. Baseline dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanning is recommended as a standard of care in identifying patients who are at risk so they...

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Published in:BMJ Qual Improv Rep
Main Authors: Dong, Huan, Dayananda, Pete, Preece, Shay-Anne, Carmichael, Amtul
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: British Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4693105/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734446
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u209414.w3856
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