The influence of clinical information on the accuracy of diagnostic mammography

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a   Irwig, Les ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^a   McKessar, Merran ^b   Blome, Steven ^c   Noakes, Jennie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Cottage ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Clinical information; Mammography; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY FILM; ANAMNESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 3042620538     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BREA.0000025416.66632.84     Document Type: Article

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