The role of ultrasonography as an adjunct to mammography in the detection of breast cancer: A systematic review

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1044-1050

  Flobbe, K ^a   Nelemans, P J ^a   Kessels, A G H ^a   Beets, G L ^a   Von Meyenfeldt, M F ^a   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic odds ratio; Mammography; Systematic review; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036252387     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00388-4     Document Type: Article

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