Non-consensual double reading in the Singapore Breast Screening Project: Benefits and limitations

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-441

  Kwek, Boon Han ^a   Lau, T N ^a   Ng, F C ^a   Gao, F ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0141559067     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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