The role of tumour markers in improving the accuracy of conventional chest X-ray and liver echography in the post-operative detection of thoracic and liver metastases from breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1412-1417

  Nicolini, A ^a   Carpi, A ^a   Ferrari, P ^a   Anselmi, L ^a   Spinelli, C ^a   Conte, M ^a   Miccoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Equivocal chest X ray; Equivocal liver echography; Tumour markers

Indexed keywords

CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033670743     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1477     Document Type: Article

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