A comparison of Medicare reimbursement and results for various imaging- guided breast biopsy techniques

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 395-398

  Howisey, Robert L ^a   Acheson, Marita B ^a   Rowbotham, Ronald K ^a   Morgan, Alan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030908078     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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