False-negative core needle biopsies of the breast: An analysis of clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings in 27 consecutive cases of missed breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1824-1831

  Shah, Varsha I ^a,c   Raju, Usha ^a   Chitale, Dhananjay ^a   Deshpande, Vikram ^a   Gregory, Nancy ^a,b   Strand, Vernon ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Core needle biopsy (CNBx); Diagnosis; False negative needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; VACUUM;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0037445974     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11278     Document Type: Article

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