title: Twenty-year follow-up breast screening project.
abstract: Routine yearly breast screening with mammograms and physical examination can usually detect very small nonpalpable cancers that have a high survival rate. Routine breast screening with mammography and physical examination of asymptomatic women is the best method of controlling breast cancer at present.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Letton
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramshaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination; D015996:Survival Rate; D013817:Thermography