Evaluation of Abnormal Mammography Results and Palpable Breast Abnormalities

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-284

  Kerlikowske, Karla ^a,b   Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^a   Ljung, Britt Marie ^a   Grady, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0141454744     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-4-200308190-00010     Document Type: Article

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