Ethical issues surrounding breast cancer screening in Brazil

Affiliations

¹ Setor de Mastologia, Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.

Editorial

Rodrigo Gonçalves et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2019.

. 2019 Nov 11:74:e1573.

doi: 10.6061/clinics/2019/e1573. eCollection 2019.

¹ Setor de Mastologia, Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported.

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