Determining Women's Willingness to Screen for Breast Cancer: Does False-Positive Recall Matter?

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University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Published: October 2024


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