Breast cancer in East Anglia: The impact of the breast screening programme on stage at diagnosis

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-48

  McCann, Jenny ^a   Stockton, Diane ^a   Day, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced cancers; Breast cancer; Detection mode; Interval cancers; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031775194     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.5.1.42     Document Type: Article

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