Early detection of breast cancer the second time around: Mammography in women with a personal history of breast cancer

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 439-440

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a   Miglioretti, Diana L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; EXTREMELY DENSE BREAST; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; SECOND CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955759047     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03054.x     Document Type: Editorial

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