The 4th workshop of the UICC project on screening for cancer was held in Helsinki, Finland on April 7-9, 1986. In developed countries there are more data available from controlled trials on the effectiveness of screening for breast cancer than for any other cancer. Nevertheless, full information is
UICC workshop of the project on evaluation of screening programmes for gastrointestinal cancer
โ Scribed by Jocelyn Chamberlain; Nicholas E. Day; Matti Hakama; Anthony B. Miller; Philip C. Prorok
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 672 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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