Ultrasound criteria for ductal invasive breast cancer are modified by age, tumor size, and axillary lymph node status

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Watermann, Dirk O ^a   Tempfer, Clemens B ^a   Hefler, Lukas A ^b   Parat, Celine ^a   Stickeler, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Breast neoplasms; Grading; Image analysis; Lymph node; Multivariate analysis; Tumor size; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; BREAST DUCT CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13844255242     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-1478-6     Document Type: Article

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