## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The prognosis for women who have breast cancer detected by mammography is more favorable than that for women who have breast cancer detected by other methods, even after controlling for tumor characteristics. In the current study, the authors explored whether detection by
Patterns of breast cancer detection in the United States
β Scribed by T. Nemoto; N. Natarajan; C. R. Smart; C. Mettlin; G. P. Murphy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 518 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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