Breast self-examination: defining a cohort still in need

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-579

  Wilke, Lee G ^a   Broadwater, Gloria ^b   Rabiner, Sarah ^b   Owens, Elizabeth ^b   Yoon, Sora ^a   Ghate, Sujata ^a   Scott, Victoria ^b   Walsh, Ruth ^a   Baker, Jay ^a   Soo, Mary Scott ^a   Ibarra Drendall, Catherine ^b   Stouder, April ^b   Robertson, Stephanie ^b   Barron, Abbey ^b   Seewaldt, Victoria ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast MRI; Breast self examination; Early detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349448550     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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