The focus of this meeting was the issue of early detection of breast cancer in women from 40 to 49 (i.e., under the age of 50) and living in developed countries where health services are generally available to all with few exceptions. There are different breast-screening recommendations in differen
UICC meeting on breast-cancer screening in pre-menopausal women in developed countries
β Scribed by S. Eckhardt; F. Badellino; G. P. Murphy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 520 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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