Interval breast cancers in the NHS breast screening programme: Does the current definition exclude too many?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Faux, A M ^a   Richardson, D C ^a   Lawrence, G M ^a   Wheaton, M E ^b   Wallis, M G ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Interval cancers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031399262     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139700400310     Document Type: Article

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