Needle biopsy in the NHS breast screening programme 1996/97: How much and how accurate?

Breast

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-11

  Britton, P D ^a   McCann, J ^b  

^a Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032905262     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(99)90330-2     Document Type: Article

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