Role of mammography in diagnosis of breast cancer in an inner-city hospital

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 372-374

  Ekeh, Akpofure P ^a   Alleyne, Rebecca S ^a   Duncan, Albert O ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Inner city; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW YORK; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034243437     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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