Adherence to breast cancer guidelines is associated with better survival outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies in EU countries

• Main Authors: Ignacio Ricci-Cabello (Author), Adrián Vásquez-Mejía (Author), Carlos Canelo-Aybar (Author), Ena Niño de Guzman (Author), Javier Pérez-Bracchiglione (Author), Montserrat Rabassa (Author), David Rigau (Author), Ivan Solà (Author), Yang Song (Author), Luciana Neamtiu (Author), Elena Parmelli (Author), Zuleika Saz-Parkinson (Author), Pablo Alonso-Coello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Breast cancer (BC) clinical guidelines offer evidence-based recommendations to improve quality of healthcare for patients with or at risk of BC. Suboptimal adherence to recommendations has the potential to negatively affect population health. However, no study has systematically...