Quality control of mammography screening in the Veneto Region. Evaluation of four programs at a local health unit level - Analysis of the frequency and diagnostic pattern of interval cancers

Tumori

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Vettorazzi, Marcello ^a   Stocco, Carmen ^a   Chirico, Antonino ^b   Recanatini, Silvia ^b   Saccon, Stefania ^b   Mariotto, Renata ^c   Cinquetti, Sandro ^d   Moretto, Tina ^d   Sartori, Paolo ^e   Stomeo, Anna ^e   Ciatto, Stefano ^f  

^a Registro Tumori Veneto   (Italy)

^b Programma ASL Thiene Schio (VI)   (Italy)

^c Programma ASL Verona   (Italy)

^d Programma ASL Pieve di Soligo (TV)   (Italy)

^e Programma ASL Rovigo   (Italy)

^f CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Diagnosis; Interval cancer; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645974001     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200101     Document Type: Article

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