Breast screening in North India: A cost-effective cancer prevention strategy

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 853-857

  Pandey, Saumya ^a   Chandravati, ^a  

^a Krishna Medical Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost effective; Mammography; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84877673070     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.853     Document Type: Article

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