Implementation of a minimally invasive breast biopsy program in countries with limited resources

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Vargas, Hernan I ^a   Masood, Shahla ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Core needle biopsy (CNB); Cost; Excisional biopsy; Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB); Surgery; Triple test; Vacuum assisted biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; SEDATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0037686705     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.9.s2.8.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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