Mammography screening interval and the frequency of interval cancers in a population-based screening

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 762-766

  Klemi, P J ^a   Toikkanen, S ^a   Rasanen O ^b   Parvinen, I ^c   Joensuu, H ^d  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Cancer Society of Southwest Finland   (Finland)

^c Health Center of Turku   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Flow cytometry; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031051982     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.135     Document Type: Article

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