Service screening mammography reduces breast cancer mortality among elderly women in Turku

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Parvinen, I ^a   Helenius, H ^b   Pylkkanen L ^b   Anttila, A ^c   Immonen Raiha P ^d   Kauhava, L ^e   Rasanen O ^f   Klemi, P J ^b  

^a Finnish National Fund for Research and Development   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Health Office   (Finland)

^f Suomen Terveystalo Allergy Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646852991     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 09691413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914106776179845     Document Type: Article

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