Women's Expectations for Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: High Expectations Can Be Achieved
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Women's Expectations for Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: High Expectations Can Be Achieved.
Inhis commentary titled “BreastCancerPrevention:CanWomen’s Expectations Be Met?” [1], Dr. Ponzone raises an important and timely question. Dr. Ponzone asks whether breast “cancer prevention”and“earlydetection”areattainablegoalsandwhether these phrases have the samemeaning to women at risk of breast canceras tohealthprofessionals.This is a critically important issue, because researchers andhealt...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Oncologist
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1083-7159,1549-490X
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0412