Routine screening mammography in women older than 74 years: A review of the available data

Maturitas

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Galit, Weinstein ^a   Green, Manfred S ^a,b   Lital, Keinan Boker ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early detection; Older women; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34248644577     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.01.010     Document Type: Review

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