Balancing sensitivity and specificity: sixteen year's of experience from the mammography screening programme in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol on January 15, 2011

Authors

Nicolai Utzon-Frank1, Ilse Vejborg, My von Euler-Chelpin, Elsebeth Lynge

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Østre Farimagsgade 5, DK 1014 Copenhagen K, Copenhagen, Denmark. nicolaiuf@gmail.com

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