Breast cancer screening: Evidence for false reassurance?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 680-686

  De Gelder, Rianne ^a   Van As, Elisabeth ^a   Tilanus Linthorst, Madeleine M A ^a   Bartels, Carina C M ^a   Boer, Rob ^a   Draisma, Gerrit ^a   De Koning, Harry J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delay; Diagnosis; False reassurance; Mammography; Risk perception; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46049105325     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23540     Document Type: Article

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