Reduced mortality rate associated with annual mammograms after breast cancer therapy

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-6

  Lash, Timothy L ^a,b,c,d   Fox, Matthew P ^a   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644926145     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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