Breast screening row overlooks basic medical facts

Breast

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 460-461

  Engel, Jutta ^a   Kerr, Jacqueline ^a   Hoelzel, Dieter ^a  

^a Munich Cancer Registry   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036817276     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/brst.2002.0433     Document Type: Letter

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