Non-surgical management of early breast cancer in the United Kingdom: work-load, referral patterns and staging. Clinical Audit Sub-committee of the Faculty of Clinical Oncology, Royal College of Radiologists, and the Joint Council for Clinical Oncology.

This is the first of five papers describing the results of a national survey of the non-surgical treatment of early breast cancer in the UK. The topics include: work-load, referral patterns, participation in specialist clinics, use of treatment policies, availability of outcome data, quality of pathology reports, and staging investigations.