A randomized controlled trial to verify the efficacy of the use of ultrasonography in breast cancer screening aged 40-49 (J-START): 76 196 women registered

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-140

  Ishida, Takanori ^a   Suzuki, Akihiko ^a   Kawai, Masaaki ^a   Narikawa, Yoko ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^b   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^b   Tohno, Eriko ^c   Sobue, Tomotaka ^d   Fukuda, Mamoru ^e   Ohuchi, Noriaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Mammography; Randomized controlled trial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; MAMMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84893633075     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyt199     Document Type: Article

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