Screening Mammography in Finland - 1.5 Million Examinations with 97 percent Specificity

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Dean, Peter B ^a   Martti, Pamilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TUMOR BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032730028     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432761     Document Type: Article

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