Effect of screening mammography on the surgery of breast cancer in Finland: A population-based analysis during the years 1985-2004

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Kyhälä, Lea ^a   Varjo, Riitta ^a   Rantala, Sirkku ^a  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROGNOSIS; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645276054     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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