Comments and response on the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer [6]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 540-

  Gail, Mitchell H ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANCER SCREENING; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MORTALITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77952998216     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-8-201004200-00202     Document Type: Letter

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3. Gail MH, Brinton LA, Byar DP, Corle DK, Green SB, Schairer C, et al. Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined annually. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1989;81:1879-86. [PMID: 2593165] (Pubitemid 20026073)