Breast cancer screening for high-risk women: Too little, too late?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 919-920

  Armstrong, K ^a   Weber, B L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0035865154     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.4.919     Document Type: Editorial

References (6)

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2. Autosomal dominant inheritance of early-onset breast cancer
3. Positive predictive value of screening mammography by age and family history of breast cancer
4. Pathology of familial breast cancer: Differences between cancers in carriers of BRCA 1 and BRCA2 mutations and sporadic cases
5. Determination of mammographic screening intervals with surrogate measures for women aged 40-49