Breast cancer: Zones of increased density: Mammographic features, correlated to clinical TNM and prognosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Langer Cherbit, Adriana ^a,c   Le Gal, Michele ^a   Asselain, Bernard ^b   Neuenschwander, Sylvia ^a  

^a Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mammography; prognosis; TNM classification; zone of increased density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031053329     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)01115-1     Document Type: Article

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