Organized Breast Cancer Screening in British Columbia: The Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia

Seminars in Breast Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Warren Burhenne, Linda J ^a   Coldman, Andrew J ^a   Kan, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

mammography; screening cost analysis; screening performance indicators; screening program organization; service screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; XEROMAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 36448992217     PISSN: 10924450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sembd.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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