False positive mammograms in Europe: do they affect reattendance?

Breast Cancer Res Treat

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Outcomes Research Group, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Published: May 2011

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