Rate of breast cancer diagnoses among postmenopausal women with self-reported breast symptoms

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 408-415

  Aiello, Erin J ^a   Buist, Diana S M ^a,b   White, Emily ^b,c   Seger, Deborah ^a   Taplin, Stephen H ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 16644395209     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.408     Document Type: Article

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