Survival rates from interval cancer in NHS breast screening programme

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7134, 1998, Pages 832-833

  Collins, Stuart ^a   Woodman, Ciaran B J ^a,b   Threlfall, Anthony ^a   Prior, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept Pub Hlth Cancer Epidemiol ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032515810     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7134.832     Document Type: Article

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