Decreased prevalence of asymptomatic choroidal metastasis in disseminated breast and lung cancer: Argument against screening

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-75

  Barak, A ^a   Neudorfer, M ^a   Heilweil, G ^a   Merimsky, O ^a   Lowenstein, A ^a   Inbar, M ^a   Yaal Hahoshen, N ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHOROID CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846261463     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.099416     Document Type: Article

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