The unacceptable situation of opportunistic screening for breast cancer in Brazil

Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2024 Sep 16;70(9):e20240651. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20240651. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Aline Ferreira Bandeira de Melo Rocha¹, Ruffo Freitas Junior^{2

3}, Leonardo Ribeiro Soares², Luciano Fernandes Chala^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal de Goiás, School of Medicine - Goiânia (GO), Brazil.
² Universidade Federal de Goiás, Teaching Hospital, Mastology Program - Goiânia (GO), Brazil.
³ Araújo Jorge Hospital, Goiás Anticancer Association - Goiânia (GO), Brazil.
⁴ Fleury Medicine and Health Group - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
⁵ Brazilian College of Radiology - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Letter

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer* / methods
Female
Humans
Mammography / statistics & numerical data
Mass Screening* / methods
Mass Screening* / standards