Sonography Should Not Be Used for Breast Cancer Screening until Its Efficacy Has Been Proven Scientifically

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 489-491

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Wang Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642568796     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820489     Document Type: Note

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