The debate over lifesaving benefit of screening mammography continues

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 446-447

  Onitilo, Adedayo A ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84858396761     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1867     Document Type: Note

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