Breast-cancer mortality in a non-randomized trial on mammographic screening in women over age 65

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-168

  Van Dijck, Jos A A M ^a,b   Verbeek, André L M ^a,b   Beex, Louk V A M ^b   Hendriks, Jan H C L ^a,b   Holland, Roland ^a,b   Mravunac, Marcel ^c   Straatman, Huub ^b   Werre, Jan M ^d  

^a National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031018597     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970117)70:2<164::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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