Contrast enhanced ultrasound of breast cancer

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-6

  Cassano, E ^a   Rizzo, S ^a   Bozzini, A ^a   Menna, S ^a   Bellomi, M ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Contrast medium; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PILOT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33645242009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0001     Document Type: Article

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