The value of mammography in the symptomatic patient has been adequately documented, but its use as a detection procedure remains a question. Risk-benefit ratios, based primarily upon the study carried out by the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, have suggested that the technique bas little
Detection and diagnosis of carcinoma of the breast
โ Scribed by Jonathan E. Rhoads
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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