Effects of annual vs triennial mammography interval on breast cancer incidence and mortality in ages 40-49 in Finland

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1388-1391

  Parvinen, I ^a   Chiu, S ^b,c,d   Pylkkanen L ^a   Klemi, P ^a   Immonen Raiha P ^e   Kauhava, L ^f   Malila, N ^b,c   Hakama, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mortality; population based; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054990129     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.372     Document Type: Article

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