Regular mammography use is associated with elimination of age-related disparities in size and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 783-790

  Randolph, Whitney M ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037137168     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-10-200211190-00006     Document Type: Article

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