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MAMMOGRAPHY INDEX [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermography
  • Genitourinary Tract
OBS

The mammography index equals the number of mammograms per year, divided by the number of new breast cancer cases per year, for a given diagnosed population.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermographie
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
OBS

[La thermographie] pourrait permettre, dans de grandes agglomérations un dépistage efficace, qui sélectionnerait les femmes à mammographier. Ainsi, dans une ville de Suède, 7 200 femmes ont eu une thermovision systématique, sans examen clinique préalable. On a ainsi dépisté 37 cancers mammaires, soit 46 pour mille (...).

Spanish

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