Evaluation of the UK breast screening programmes

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1206-1208

  Sasieni, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Predicted mortality; Screening; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041382827     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg325     Document Type: Article

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