Breast cancer: Doubtful health benefit of screening from 40 years of age

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 570-571

  Autier, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84942296976     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2015.162     Document Type: Short Survey

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