For debate does breast cancer screening depend on a wobbly hypothesis?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-379

  Watmough, D J ^a   Bhargava, S ^a   Memon, A ^a   Syed, F ^a   Roy, S ^a   Sharma, P ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

breast cancer; informed consent; outcome measures; screening

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING;

EID: 0031463985     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024663     Document Type: Article

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