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How do personal characteristics affect sensitivity and specificity of mammography?

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boxed-textBanks E et al. (2004) Influence of personal characteristics of individual women on sensitivity and specificity of mammography in the Million Women Study: cohort study. BMJ 329: 1–6

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This work was supported, in part, by an NCI-funded Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium co-operative agreement (1 U01 CA 63740) and NCI-funded Breast Cancer SPORE grant (P50 CA58207). The synopsis was written by Petra Roberts, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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