Reported drop in mammography: Is this cause for concern?

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2405-2409

  Breen, Nancy ^a   Cronin, Kathleen A ^a   Meissner, Helen I ^a   Taplin, Stephen H ^a   Tangka, Florence K ^b   Tiro, Jasmin A ^a   McNeel, Timothy S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer incidence; Cancer screening; Mammography; National health interview survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250186776     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22723     Document Type: Review

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