Second reading of screening mammograms increases cancer detection and recall rates. Results in the Florence screening programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Ciatto, Stefano ^a,b   Ambrogetti, D ^b   Bonardi, R ^b   Catarzi, S ^b   Risso, G ^b   Del Turco, M Rosselli ^b   Mantellini, P ^b  

^a Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 20644463483     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0969141053908285     Document Type: Article

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