All-cause mortality among breast cancer patients in a screening trial: Support for breast cancer mortality as an end point

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 159-162

  Tabar, L ^e   Duffy, S W ^b   Yen, M F ^b   Warwick, J ^b   Vitak, B ^c   Chen, H H ^d   Smith, R A ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 12244254445     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.9.4.159     Document Type: Article

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