Stereotactic breast biopsy is accurate, minimally invasive, and cost effective

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 474-476

  Pettine, Stefan ^a   Place, Ronald ^a   Babu, Sankaran ^a   Williard, William ^a   Kim, Donald ^a   Carter, Preston ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0029952357     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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