Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging

2008 Edition
| Editors: Albert L. Baert

Opportunistic Screening

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35280-8_1793

Screening not performed in an organized or population‐based screening program, i.e., resulting from self‐referral or from referral as a result of a routine medical consultation, a consultation for an unrelated condition, or on the basis of a possibly increased risk for developing breast cancer (family history or other known risk factor).

 Screening, Breast Cancer

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