Contribution of clinical breast examination to mammography screening in the early detection of breast cancer

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-21

  Bancej, Christina ^a   Decker, Kathleen ^b   Chiarelli, Anna ^c   Harrison, Marion ^b   Turner, Donna ^b   Brisson, Jacques ^d  

^a Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Health Canada   (Canada)

^b Cancer Care Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PALPATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038366815     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914103321610761     Document Type: Article

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