Computed tomography in detecting bone metastases of breast carcinoma. Is it better than plain x-ray?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1326-1328

  Aslan, Sabahattin ^a,b   Cetin, Bahadir ^a   Akinci, Melih ^a   Cetin, Meltem ^a   Yucekule, Necmi ^a   Cetin, Abdullah ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748866409     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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