Performance of opportunistic breast cancer screening in Slovenia

Neoplasma

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-241

  Hertl, K ^a   Primic Zakelj M ^a   Zgajnar J ^a   Kocijancic I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Mammography; Screening program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVENIA;

EID: 33744911152     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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