Mammographic appearance of microcalcifications: Can they change after neoadjuvant chemotherapy? [1]

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-87

  Esserman, Lisa Ellen ^a   D'Almeida, Maria ^a   Da Costa, Darlene ^a   Gerson, Deborah M ^b   Poppiti Jr , Robert J ^b  

^a Mount Sinai Cancer Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY;

EID: 33644914215     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Letter

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