Breast cancer - Should ophthalmologists now be involved in screening?

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-2

  Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0842323998     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700534     Document Type: Editorial

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