Use of a cancer registry is preferable to a direct-to-community approach for recruitment to a cohort study of wellbeing in women newly diagnosed with invasive breast cancer

Table 1 Study eligibility criteria.

• Date of first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer satisfies both of the following conditions:
○ After 1 June 2004
○ Not more than 12 months before the time of study enrollment
• 18 years of age or older
• Victorian residential address
• Histological confirmation of primary invasive breast cancer excluding: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Phyllodes tumour, Paget's Disease, Lymphoma and Sarcoma
• Good comprehension of English language

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