Mammographic screening: Keeping women alive

Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-633

  Verbeek, André L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

benefit impact; breast cancer; long term results; mammographic screening; prevention of breast cancer death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80155151730     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.73     Document Type: Article

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