Positive predictive value of breast biopsy performed as a result of mammography: There is no abrupt change at age 50 years

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a   Moore, Richard H ^a   McCarthy, Kathleen A ^a   Hall, Deborah A ^a   Hulka, Carol A ^a   Whitman, Gary J ^a   Slanetz, Priscilla J ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast radiography, utilization; Cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029951393     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685325     Document Type: Article

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