The reliability of nipple aspirate and ductal lavage in women at increased risk for breast cancer - A potential tool for breast cancer risk assessment and biomarker evaluation

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 950-955

  Visvanathan, Kala ^a,b,c   Santor, D ^a,b   Ali, S Z ^a,c   Brewster, A ^e   Arnold, A ^a   Armstrong, D K ^a,b,c   Davidson, N E ^a,b,c   Helzlsouer, K J ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250338777     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0974     Document Type: Article

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