Does the proven benefit of mammography extend to breast cancer patients over age 70?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 522-526

  Hwang, Eun Sil ^a   Cody III, Hiram S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031748454     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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