The background review for the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer [1]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 537-

  Dickersin, Kay ^a   Tovey, David ^b   Wilcken, Nicholas ^c   Ghersi, Davina ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Cochrane Library   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); BREAST TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954835752     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-8-201004200-00196     Document Type: Letter

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