Can scintimammography reduce 'unnecessary' biopsies ?

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 670-673

  Flanagan, Deidre A ^a   Gladding, Sandy B ^a,b   Raymer Lovell, F ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0031802582     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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