Use of ultrasonography as an alternative modality for first-line examination in detecting breast cancer in selected patients

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 624-626

  Ohta, Tomoyuki ^a   Okamoto, Kyoko ^a   Kanemaki, Yoshihide ^a   Tsujimoto, Fumio ^a   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a   Fukuda, Mamoru ^a   Suka, Machi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Breast density; Reproductive factors; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34347393967     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CBC.2007.n.020     Document Type: Article

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