Is the presence of mammographic comedo calcification really a prognostic factor for small screen-detected invasive breast cancers?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-62

  James, J J ^a   Evans, A J ^a   Pinder, S E ^a   Macmillan, R D ^a   Wilson, A R M ^a   Ellis, I O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; DCIS; Mammographic screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMEDO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037234940     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1110     Document Type: Article

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