Use of screening mammograms in patients diagnosed with breast cancer at Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Centro Javeriano de Oncología

Introduction: Breast cancer has currently become a health issue amongst Colombian women due its high mortality rate. Nowadays opportunity screening is offered with mammograms for women over 50, nonetheless little information is available on how new cases are being detected in Colombia.

Autor Principal: Angarita, Fernando Andrés; University Health Network
Otros Autores: Acuña, Sergio Andrés; Mount Sinai Hospital, Tawil, Mauricio; Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Ruiz, Álvaro J.; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Torregosa, Liliana; Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2016
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/15979
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Sumario: Introduction: Breast cancer has currently become a health issue amongst Colombian women due its high mortality rate. Nowadays opportunity screening is offered with mammograms for women over 50, nonetheless little information is available on how new cases are being detected in Colombia.