Double read screening mammograms: The use of a third reader to arbitrate on disagreements

Breast

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-39

  Mucci, B ^a   Athey, G ^a   Scarisbrick, G ^a  

^a WEST CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 0032903603     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(99)90337-5     Document Type: Article

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