Mammogram

X-Ray, Breast (Mammography)

References

Citations

1. Pisano ED, et al. (2005). Diagnostic performance of digital versus film mammography for breast-cancer screening. New England Journal of Medicine, 353(17): 1773–1783

Other Works Consulted

• American Cancer Society (2009). Prevention and Early Detection: American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer. Atlanta: American Cancer Society. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/ped_2_3X_ACS_Cancer_Detection_Guidelines_36.asp.

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2009). Screening for breast cancer. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsbrca.htm.

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