Evaluation of the organised mammographic screening programme in Australia

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1209-1211

  Giles, G G ^a   Amos, A ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b BreastScreen Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mammographic screening

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041382821     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg326     Document Type: Article

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