Originalr ArticleOne stop breast clinics—victims of their own success?A prospective audit of referrals to a specialist breast clinic
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2018, Clinical RadiologyCitation Excerpt :As none of the patients with breast cancer had a high-risk family history in this cohort, it was not possible to include it in the regression analysis. One-stop breast clinics have now been established for >20 years and are the standard of care in management of breast-related symptoms with high cost-efficiency and patient satisfaction.3,4,9–18 The vast majority of patients referred to the one-stop breast clinic under the current referral guidelines are young, with a low-risk family history and benign clinical examination.
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