Role of bone scan in breast cancer follow-up

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Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 547-549

  Maffioli, Lorenzo ^a   Zambetti, Milvia ^a   Castellani, Maria Rita ^a   Bombardieri, Emilio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Breast malignancies; Follow up

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030874299     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169708300213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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