Indications for hepatic ultrasonography in breast cancer staging and follow-up

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Bruneton, Jean Noël ^a   Balu Maestro, Catherine ^b   Raffaelli, Charles ^a   Mourou, Michel Yves ^c   Cambon, Pierre ^b   Granon, Claire ^b  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030031577     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806493     Document Type: Article

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