Comments and response on the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer: Response

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 543-544

  Pettiti, Diana ^a   Calonge, Ned ^a  

^a US Preventive Services Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77954844365     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-8-201004200-00208     Document Type: Letter

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