Decade of 'normal' mammography reports-the happygram

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 903-908

  Cappello, Nancy M ^a,b  

^a Are You Dense Inc   (United States)

^b Are You Dense Advocacy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; dense breast tissue; interval breast cancer; legislation; patient advocacy; public policy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; DENSE BREAST TISSUE; INTERVAL BREAST CANCER; LEGISLATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLIC POLICY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISCLOSURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889240527     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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