CLINICAL UPDATE The prevention, detection, and management of breast cancer
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Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW. Nehmat Houssami, PhD, FAFPHM, FASBP, Senior Lecturer. Cancer Research UK, Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, UK. Jack Cuzick, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology. Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. J Michael Dixon, MD, FRCS, FRCP, Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Dr Nehmat Houssami, Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6 March 2006 184 5 230-234 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Clinical Update Prevention
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