## BACKGROUND. Because the mortality rate from lung cancer is increasing sharply in Japan, lung cancer screening is being performed actively to assure early diagnosis and early treatment. However, its effectiveness is not clear, because it is extremely difficult to diagnose early microcarcinoma of
Cost-effectiveness analysis of mass screening for breast cancer in Japan
β Scribed by Ichiro Okubo; Henry Glick; Howard Frumkin; John M. Eisenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 899 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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