Mammographic appearance of ductal carcinoma in situ does not reliably predict histologic subtype

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 417-421

  Slanetz, Priscilla J ^a   Giardino, Angela A ^b   Oyama, T ^c   Koerner, Frederick C ^c   Halpern, Elkan F ^c   Moore, Richard H ^c   Kopans, Daniel B ^c  

^a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center   (Israel)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast cancer; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0035663969     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.07607.x     Document Type: Article

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