Effectiveness of organised versus opportunistic mammography screening

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1199-1202

  Bulliard, Jean Luc ^a   Ducros, C ^b   Jemelin, C ^c   Arzel, B ^d   Fioretta, G ^e   Levi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Breast Cancer Screening Foundation   (Switzerland)

^c Valais Breast Cancer Screening Centre   (Switzerland)

^d Geneva Foundation for Breast Cancer Screening   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Effectiveness; Mammography screening; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPPORTUNISTIC CANCER SCREENING; ORGANIZED CANCER SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67650391617     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn770     Document Type: Article

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