Re-attendance after false-positive screening mammography: A population-based study in the Netherlands

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2044-2050

  Setz Pels, W ^a   Duijm, L E M ^b   Coebergh, J W ^c   Rutten, M ^d   Nederend, J ^a   Voogd, A C ^e,f  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

false positive referral; re attendance; screening mammography

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84885918148     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.573     Document Type: Article

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