Relative and combined performance of mammography and ultrasonography for breast cancer screening in the general population: A pilot study in tochigi prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 715-720

  Honjo, Satoshi ^a,b   Ando, Jiro ^c   Tsukioka, Takeo ^a   Morikubo, Hiroshi ^c   Ichimura, Miyuki ^d   Sunagawa, Masakatsu ^e   Hasegawa, Toshihiko ^f   Watanabe, Teruki ^g   Kodama, Tetsuro ^h   Tominaga, Keigo ^h   Sasagawa, Michizo ^h   Koyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (Japan)

^d Tochigi Public Health Service Association   (Japan)

^e DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Center   (Japan)

^g Department of Agriculture   (Japan)

^h Tochigi Public Health Service Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density, mass; Follow up studies; Public health; Registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 35448969420     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym090     Document Type: Article

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