Women should be fully informed of the potential benefits and harms before screening mammography

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 313-314

  Kerlikowske, K ^a   Ernster, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NOTE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033676456     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.173.5.313     Document Type: Note

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