Breast cancer screening by mammography in women aged under 50 years in Japan

Anticancer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5 C, 2000, Pages 3689-3694

  Morimoto, T ^a   Sasa, M ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Kondo, H ^a   Akaiwa, H ^a   Sagara, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early detection; Mammographic screening; Screening sensitivity; Under 50 years

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034535057     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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