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Breast Cancer Screening
Accuracy of mammography is similar among white, Chinese, and Filipino women
November 10th, 2005
The accuracy of screening mammography is similar among white, Chinese, and Filipino women. "The accuracy of screening mammography among Asian women in the United States has received little attention," stated scientists in the United States. They sought to "determine whether the accuracy of screening mammography for Chinese and Filipino women differs from that of white women." K. Kerlikowske and colleagues, "examined a cohort of white, Chinese, and Filipino women 40 years and older who underwent 200,402, 72,604, and 19,087 screening examinations, respectively, between January 1986 and December 2001 in San Francisco County, California, of whom 2177...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-10)
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