Mammographic screening for non-palpable breast cancer in Japan

Breast Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-266

  Ohnuki, Koji ^a  

^a Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Focal asymmetric density; Non palpable breast cancer; Quality control; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644833405     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2325/jbcs.12.258     Document Type: Review

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