Racial differences in mammographic breast density

Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 590-596

  Del Carmen, Marcela G ^a   Hughes, Kevin S ^a   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Rafferty, Elizabeth ^a   Kopans, Daniel ^a   Parisky, Yuri R ^b   Sardi, Armando ^c   Esserman, Lisa ^d   Rust, Steven ^e   Michaelson, James ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c St Agnes Healthcare   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Body mass index; Breast density; Mammography; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037961266     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11517     Document Type: Article

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