American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer: Update 1997

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 150-153

  Marilyn Leitch, A ^a   Dodd, Gerald D ^b   Costanza, Mary ^c   Linver, Michael ^d   Pressman, Peter ^e   McGinnis, LaMar ^f   Smith, Robert A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DeKalb Medical Center   (United States)

^g AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342460494     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.47.3.150     Document Type: Article

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