Radiation Safety With Use of I-125 Seeds for Localization of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 909-915

  Pavlicek, William ^a   Walton, Heidi A ^a   Karstaedt, Patricia J ^a   Gray, Richard J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast lesion localization; I 125 seeds; radiation safety; wire localization

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION STERILIZATION; SOLID STATE;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TECHNETIUM; TITANIUM;

EID: 33745001180     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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