The effects on breast cancer mortality seen after I6 years of biennial screening of younger women are assessed in this prospective cohort study. Since I975 some 13,500 women, aged 35-49 in 1975, were invited to participate in the Nijmegen screening programme comprising a mammographic examination eve
Effectiveness of Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer in Women Aged over 50 Years in Japan
β Scribed by Morimoto, Tadaoki ;Sasa, Mitsunori ;Yamaguchi, Tetsuo ;Kondo, Hiroyuki ;Sagara, Yasunobu ;Kuwamura, Yumi ;Yamamoto, Sumiko ;Tada, Toshiko
- Book ID
- 108581477
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 421 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-5050
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