Screening mammography reduces morbidity of breast cancer treatment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1508-1509

  Leung, Jessica W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19844368474     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.5.01841508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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