Accuracy of screening mammography in older women

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1268-1273

  Sinclair, Natalie ^a   Littenberg, Benjamin ^b   Geller, Berta ^c   Muss, Hyman ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly women; Mammography performance; Mammography screening; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERMONT;

EID: 80054935278     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5442     Document Type: Article

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