Nipple discharge: A sign of breast cancer?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-126

  Richards, Toby ^a   Hunt, A ^a   Courtney, S ^a   Umeh, H ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Discharge; Nipple

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST DUCT ECTASIA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847772856     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X155491     Document Type: Article

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