Why did the breast cancer lymph node status distribution improve in Denmark in the pre-mammography screening period of 1978-1994?

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-321

  Rostgaard, Klaus ^a   Væth, Michael ^b   Rootzén, Helle ^c   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESPAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951286784     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841861003602074     Document Type: Article

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