Periodic screening for cancer of the breast using mammography as well as clinical examination is being conducted by the Health Insurance Plan in a large random sample of women aged 40 to 64 years. A similar group of women has been assigned as controls. The long term objective is to determine whether
Mass Screening for Breast Cancer: Comparison of the Clinical Stages and Prognosis of Breast Cancer Detected by Mass Screening and in Out-patient Clinics
โ Scribed by Ota, Jun ;Horino, Toshio ;Taguchi, Tetsuo ;Ishida, Tsunehiro ;Izuo, Masaru ;Ogita, Masami ;Abe, Rikiya ;Watanabe, Hiromu ;Morimoto, Tadaoki ;Itoh, Sueyoshi ;Tashiro, Hideya ;Yoshida, Koichi ;Honda, Kazuyoshi ;Sasakawa, Michizou ;Enomoto, Kohji ;Kashiki, Yoshitomo ;Kido, Choichiro ;Kuroishi, Tetsuo ;Tominaga, Suketami
- Book ID
- 108578898
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-5050
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Detection of earlier breast cancer, especially in its preclinical stage, offers the only method available today for reducing mortality from this disease. T h e Health Insurance Plan study, conducted since 1963 under contract with the National Institutes of Health, has achieved a one-third reduction