Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Preventive Health Care, 1999 Update: Follow-up After Breast Cancer

Prepared by Larissa K.F. Temple, MD, Dept. of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Elaine Wang, MDCM, MSc, FRCP (C), Dept. of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, and Robin S. McLeod, MD, FRCS (C), Mount Sinai Hospital Samuel Lunenfeld Research Unit, Toronto, Ontario

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in January 1998


 

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Link to Full Text of this review

Link to Structured Abstract of this review

Link to Summary Table of this review

Link to 2001 Update: Breast Self-Examination to Screen for Breast Cancer

Link to 2001 Update: Screening mammography among women aged 40-49 years at average risk of breast cancer

Link to 1998 rewording of recommendation for screening women aged 50-59 for breast cancer

Link to 1994 Chapter: Screening for breast cancer

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