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Reported drop in mammography †

Is this cause for concern?

  1. Nancy Breen PhD1,‡,§,*,
  2. Kathleen A. Cronin PhD2,‡,
  3. Helen I. Meissner PhD2,‡,
  4. Stephen H. Taplin MD2,‡,
  5. Florence K. Tangka PhD3,‡,
  6. Jasmin A. Tiro PhD2,‡,
  7. Timothy S. McNeel BA4,‡

Article first published online: 14 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22723

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 109, Issue 12, pages 2405–2409, 15 June 2007

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Breen, N., A. Cronin, K., Meissner, H. I., Taplin, S. H., Tangka, F. K., Tiro, J. A. and McNeel, T. S. (2007), Reported drop in mammography . Cancer, 109: 2405–2409. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22723

Author Information

  1. 1

    Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

  2. 2

    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute; Bethesda, Maryland

  3. 3

    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bethesda, Maryland

  4. 4

    Information Management Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland

  1. ‡

    The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their respective agencies.

  2. §

    Fax: (301) 435 3710

*Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344

  1. †

    This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JUN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 FEB 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 23 FEB 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 JAN 2007

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