Mammographic parenchymal patterns and mode of detection: Implications for the breast screening programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 207-212

  Sala, Evis ^a   Warren, Ruth ^b   McCann, Jenny ^a   Duffy, Stephen ^a   Day, Nicholas ^a   Luben, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Detection mode; Mammographic parenchymal patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARENCHYMA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032424313     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.5.4.207     Document Type: Article

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