The acceptance and feasibility of breast cancer screening in the East

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-50

  Kwong, Ava ^a,b,c   Cheung, Polly S Y ^a   Wong, Ada Y W ^a   Hung, Gloria T Y ^a   Lo, Gladys ^a   Tsao, Marion ^a   Chan, Edith W K ^a   Wong, Ting ^a   Ma, Michael ^a  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Breast screening; Cancer detection rate; Chinese; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 38949120319     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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