Assessment of factors affecting palpability of breast masses using ultrasonography in Chinese women

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 807-812

  Yang, Wei Tse ^a,b   Metreweli, Constantine ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Breast, mass; Tumors, breast

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ONCOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TISSUE;

BREAST MASSES; PALPABILITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 10544251054     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.12.807     Document Type: Article

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