Preoperative diagnosis of carcinoma of the breast: Is a "cost-cutter" algorithm tenable?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Chandawarkar, Rajiv Yatin ^a   Shinde, Shashank R ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Nodal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0031034027     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199702)64:2<153::AID-JSO12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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