Current status and goals of mammographic screening for breast cancer in Japan

Breast Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Morimoto, Tadaoki ^a   Okazaki, Masatoshi ^b   Endo, Tokiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Central committee; Mammographic screening; Mortality reduction; Quality control system

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542350093     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02968007     Document Type: Review

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