Influence of mammography screening on use of mastectomies in Denmark

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-134

  Jorgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a   Zahl, Per Henrik ^b   Gotzsche, Peter C ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DENMARK; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84919681447     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.920958     Document Type: Editorial

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