Screening for breast cancer - Is there an alternative to mammography?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-86

  Miller, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 18444394933     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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