Breast screening overdiagnosis: Stop treating indolent lesions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7717, 2009, Pages 360-

  Evans, Andy ^a,b   Cornford, Eleanor ^b   James, Jonathan ^b  

^a Nottingham International Breast Education Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Breast Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 69449102674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3256     Document Type: Letter

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