Proposed shift in screening for breast cancer

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 525-

  Levine, Beverly ^a   Steinberg, Karen ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESPAN; PENETRANCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS;

EID: 84922473577     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.17436     Document Type: Letter

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