Vacuum-assisted core biopsy (mammotome) for the diagnosis of non-palpable breast lesions: Four-year experience in an Italian center

Tumori

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-354

  Costantini, Raffaele ^a,b   Sardellone, Augusto ^a   Marino, Cristiana ^a   Giamberardino, Maria Adele ^a   Innocenti, Paolo ^a   Napolitano, Antonio Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Non palpable breast lesions; Vacuum assisted core biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIZZINESS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAMMOTOME; VACUUM;

EID: 26444619800     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100413     Document Type: Article

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