Research Catalog

Title

Breast cancer screening for women ages 40-49 : program and abstracts.

Author

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Breast Cancer Screening in Women Ages 40-49 (1997 : Bethesda, Md.)

Publication

[Bethesda, Md.] : National Institutes of Health, [1997]

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Additional Authors

• National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Medical Applications of Research
• National Cancer Institute (U.S.)

Description

v, 151 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Breast Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Mass Screening > utilization
• Middle Aged
• Mammography > utilization
• Breast Neoplasms > diagnosis
• Breast Diseases
• Breast > Diagnosis > Congresses
• Breast > Radiography > Congresses
• Middle-aged women > Diagnosis > Congresses
• Medical screening > Congresses
• Breast Neoplasms > prevention and control > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "NIH Consensus Development Conference on Breast Cancer Screening in Women Ages 40-49 ... January 21-23, 1997, Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland ; sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research; cosponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the Office of Research on Women's Health of the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"-- P. i.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Introduction and overview -- II. Screening benefits -- A. Basic description of randomized controlled clinical trials design -- B. Individual randomized controlled clinical trials : description and results -- C. Overview analysis -- III. Screening outcomes : clinical experiences -- IV. Risks in absolute and relative terms -- V. Other benefits.

LCCN

^^^97140435^

OCLC

• 36991523
• SCSB-14235471

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library