Analysis of sonographic features for the differentiation of benign and malignant breast tumors of different sizes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-193

  Chen, S C ^a,b   Cheung, Y C ^a   Su, C H ^a   Chen, M F ^a   Hwang, T L ^a   Hsueh, S ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; Margin; Sonography; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 1242292314     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.930     Document Type: Article

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