Review of complex breast cysts: Implications for cancer detection and clinical practice

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1080-1085

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a,b,c   Irwig, Les ^b   Ung, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cyst; Breast neoplasm; Complex cyst; Diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CYST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ALGORITHM; AUSTRALIA; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33645733979     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03608.x     Document Type: Review

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