Why current breast pathology practices must be evaluated. A Susan G. Komen for the Cure white paper: June 2006

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-447

  Perkins, Cheryl ^a,b   Balma, Diane ^a   Garcia, Rebecca ^a   Masood, Shahla ^c   Culloo Lee, Beth Ann ^a   Maza, Jena ^a   Kivitz, Philip B ^d   Page, David ^e   Allred, D Craig ^f   Bleiweiss, Ira J ^g   Ibarra, Julio ^h  

^a Susan G Komen for the Cure ^*

^b Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Found   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Breast Pathology and Cytopathology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 34548269898     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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