Diagnostic utility of combined ultrasonography and mammography in the evaluation of women with mammographically dense breasts

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-151

  De Felice, C ^a   Savelli, S ^a   Angeletti, M ^a   Ballesio, L ^a   Manganaro, L ^a   Meggiorini, M L ^a   Porfiri, L M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast lesion; Breast ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST DUCT ECTASIA; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34548119572     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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