Accurate determination of breast cancer size: The role of histopathology and imaging

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 435-442

  Pritt, Bobbi ^a   Weaver, Donald L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Imaging; Measurement; Size; Staging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 27644454152     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdip.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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