Point: The New England Journal of Medicine Article Suggesting Overdiagnosis From Mammography Screening Is Scientifically Incorrect and Should Be Withdrawn

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2016, Pages R50-R52

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUMOR INVASION; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL OVERUSE; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 84995610077     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.09.026     Document Type: Article

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