The relationship of mammographic density and age: Implications for breast cancer screening

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Checka, Cristina M ^a   Chun, Jennifer E ^a   Schnabel, Freya R ^a   Lee, Jiyon ^a   Toth, Hildegard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at screening; Breast cancer risk; Breast cancer screening; Breast density; Mammography; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863290406     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6049     Document Type: Article

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