Controversies in the Use and Periodicity of Mammography as a Screening Method for Breast Cancer

Rogério Bonassi Machado

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1648218

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, Table of Contents

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2018; 40(04): 169-170
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648218

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Controversies in the Use and Periodicity of Mammography as a Screening Method for Breast Cancer

Controvérsias no uso e periodicidade de mamografia para diagnóstico de câncer de mama

Rogério Bonassi Machado^*

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil

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