Current status of and future outlook for cancer screening in Japan

Japan Medical Association Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy control; Cancer screening; Costs; Decline in cancer mortality rate; Screening trends

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SHORT SURVEY; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 67649934083     PISSN: 13468650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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