Impact of changing from annual to biennial mammographic screening on breast cancer outcomes in women aged 50-79 in British Columbia

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 182-187

  Coldman, Andrew J ^a   Phillips, Norm ^a   Olivotto, Ivo A ^a   Gordon, Paula ^a   Warren, Linda ^a   Kan, Lisa ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 62749126746     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2008.008064     Document Type: Article

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