Information on 'overdiagnosis' in breast cancer screening on prominent United Kingdom- and Australia-oriented health websites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ghanouni, Alex ^a   Meisel, Susanne F ^a   Hersch, Jolyn ^b   Waller, Jo ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Renzi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERDIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962106594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152279     Document Type: Article

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