Breast cancer overdiagnosis with screening mammography

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 999-1000

  Jatoi, Ismail ^a   Anderson, William F ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 66349092812     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.95     Document Type: Note

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