Breast cancer in New South Wales in 1972-1995: Tumor size and the impact of mammographic screening

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 877-880

  Kricker, Anne ^a,c   Farac, Katie ^a   Smith, David ^a   Sweeny, Amy ^a   McCredie, Margaret ^a,b   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032967366     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990611)81:6<877::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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