First organized screening mammography programme in saudi arabia: Preliminary analysis of pilot round;Premier programme de mammographie de dépistage en Arabie saoudite: Rapport préliminaire de l'opération pilote

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1025-1031

  Akhtar, S S ^a   Nadrah, H M ^b   Al Habdan, M A ^b   El Gabbani, S A ^c   El Farouk, G M K ^d   Abdelgadir, M H ^d   Al Saigul, A M ^b  

^a Prince Faisal Oncology Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Directorate General of Health Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Family Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Al Qassim Screening Mammography Programme ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 78049352773     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.10.1025     Document Type: Article

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