Is there a clinical role for scintimammography in breast cancer diagnosis?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1571-1573

  Schillaci, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33644696039     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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