Breast-density legislation-practical considerations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 593-595

  Slanetz, Priscilla J ^a,b   Freer, Phoebe E ^b,c   Birdwell, Robyn L ^b,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER STAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNITED STATES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922689199     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413728     Document Type: Article

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