Screening for breast cancer: Recommendations and rationale

American Family Physician

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2537-2544

  Berg, Alfred O ^a  

^a Ctr for Pract and Technol Assess   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0037096961     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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