False Positive Rate of Screening Mammography
- 20 August 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (8) , 560-564
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199808203390812
Abstract
The Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia (SMPBC) is a population-based program providing two-view, bilateral mammography to asymptomatic women residing in British Columbia, Canada. Access to annual screening is available to women from the age of 40 years at no charge to the participant, but recruitment is targeted to women between 50 and 74 years old, and the goal is for these women to be screened at least every two years.Keywords
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