Opportunistic breast cancer screening in Hong Kong; a revisit of the Kwong Wah Hospital experience

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Lui, C Y ^a   Lam, H S ^a   Chan, L K ^a   Tam, K F ^a   Chan, C M ^a   Leung, T Y ^b   Mak, K L ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUNG WAH COLLEGE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mammography; Ultrasonography, mammary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34147179492     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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