Bone scan and liver ultrasound scan in the preoperative staging for primary breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-548

  Kasem, Abdul R ^a,b   Desai, Anil ^b   Daniell, Simon ^b   Sinha, Prakash ^b  

^a Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Breast cancer; Preoperative staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750627606     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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