Current status and problems of breast cancer screening

Japan Medical Association Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Ohuchi, Noriaki ^a,b   Suzuki, Akihiko ^a,b   Sakurai, Yuu ^a,b   Kawai, Masaaki ^a   Narikawa, Yoko ^a   Narimatsu, Hiroto ^b   Ishida, Takanori ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Cancer Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Effectiveness evaluation; Mammography; Randomized controlled trial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649949352     PISSN: 13468650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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