A review of the cost-effectiveness of Tc-99m sestamibi scintimammography in diagnosis of breast cancer in Taiwanese women with indeterminate mammographically dense breast

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-155

  Chen, Yi Shan ^a,b   Wang, Wei Hua Andrew ^a   Chan, Tam ^a   Sun, Shung Shung ^b   Kao, Albert ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biopsies; Breast cancer; Cost effectiveness; Dense breast; Tc 99m sestamibi scintimammography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; TAIWAN; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036842181     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-7404(02)00030-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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