Time trends of benign/malignant breast biopsy ratios. A multicenter Italian study

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Ciatto, Stefano ^a   Del Turco, Marco Rosselli ^a   Marrazzo, Antonio ^b   Mazzoleni, Guido ^c   Foglietta, Flavia ^d   Cappelli, Maria Cristina ^d   Ravaioli, Alberto ^e   Bonzanini, Mariella ^f   Carnaghi, Pierluigi ^g   Nava, Donatella ^g   Modena, Stefano ^h   Zanza, Antonella ^h   Benassuti, Chiara ^h   Falconieri, Giovanni ⁱ   Zappa, Marco ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Regionale   (Italy)

^d USL 37   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^f SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Mater Domini Hospital   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; diagnosis; specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 10244241743     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200406     Document Type: Article

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