Magnification views of mammography decrease biopsy rates

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 687-689

  Madan, Atul K ^a   Nguyen, My T ^a   Wakabayashi, Masako N ^a   Beech, Derrick J ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; LUNG CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION;

EID: 0035406361     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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