Detection and evaluation of a palpable breast mass

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 641-648

  Pruthi, Sandhya ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CBE = clinical breast examination; CNB = core needle biopsy; FNA = fine needle aspiration; FNAB = FNA biopsy

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035015431     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.6.641     Document Type: Short Survey

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