Estimates of the sizes at which breast cancers become detectable on mammographic and clinical grounds

Journal of Women's Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Michaelson, James ^a   Satija, Sameer ^b   Moore, Richard ^a   Weber, Griffin ^c   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Garland, Andrew ^d   Kopans, Daniel B ^a   Hughes, Kevin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical detection; Mammographic detection; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038643531     PISSN: 1084824X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130747-200302000-00002     Document Type: Article

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