Women with abnormal screening mammography lost to follow-up
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Women with abnormal screening mammography lost to follow-up
Breast cancer has the highest incidence among all cancers for women in Taiwan. The current screening policy in Taiwan suggested a biennial mammography for all women 40 to 69 years of age. A recommendation for additional testing is recommended for women with a BI-RADS result of 0 or 4; a request made via postal mail. Approximately 20% of high-risk patients do not receive additional follow-up. Th...
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results gained from primary attenders at a tate review clinic after shoulder surgery may not be representative of the outcome: the average self-assessment of the non-attenders was lower by one class. Age differences have been shown to affect the self assessment of health (Idler 1993). In this study, however, with an average age of 5 1.1 years among attenders and 48.8 years in non-attenders, thi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003889