Is mammographic spiculation an independent, good prognostic factor in screening-detected invasive breast cancer?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1377-1380

  Evans, Andrew J ^a   Pinder, Sarah E ^a   James, Jonathan J ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^a   Cornford, Eleanor ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast imaging; Mammography; Oncology; Screening; Spiculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750420484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0725     Document Type: Review

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