Screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): Overdiagnosis or an obligate precursor of invasive disease?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 149-151

  Evans, A J ^a   Finder, S E ^b   Ellis, I O ^b   Wilson, A R M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Histopathology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Diagnosis; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 0034805887     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.8.3.149     Document Type: Article

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