Specificity of mammography and US in the evaluation of a palpable abnormality: Retrospective review

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 176-181

  Moy, Linda ^a   Slanetz, Priscilla J ^a   Moore, Richard ^a   Satija, Sameer ^a   Yeh, Eren D ^a   McCarthy, Kathleen A ^a   Hall, Deborah ^a   Staffa, Mary ^a   Rafferty, Elizabeth A ^a   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast neoplasms, radiography; Breast neoplasms, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036789210     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2251010999     Document Type: Article

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