Overdiagnosis of medullary carcinoma: A mammographic-pathologic correlative study

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 443-446

  Liberman, Laura ^a   LaTrenta, Linda R ^a   Samli, Billur ^a   Morris, Elizabeth A ^a   Abramson, Andrea F ^a   Dershaw, D David ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast neoplasms, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029859703     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888238     Document Type: Article

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