What is the optimum interval between mammographic screening examinations?—an analysis based on the latest results of the Swedish two-county breast cancer screening trial

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 547-551

  Tabar L ^a   Faberberg, G ^b   Day, N E ^c   Holmberg, L ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023230928     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1987.112     Document Type: Article

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