Association of stellate mammographic pattern with survival in small invasive breast tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-37

  Alexander, M Camille ^a   Yankaskas, Bonnie C ^b   Biesemier, Karl W ^c  

^a Centra Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pathol Consult of Central Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Prognosis; Stellate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33747149643     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0582     Document Type: Article

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