Ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy of breast masses: How many cores are necessary to diagnose cancer?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 363-366

  Murta De Lucena, Clécio Ěnio ^a   Dos Santos Jr , João Lúcio ^a   De Lima Resende, César Alencar ^a   Do Amaral, Vǎnia Fonseca ^a   De Almeida Barra, Alexandre ^a   Reis, Joño Henrique Pena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Core needle biopsy; Specimens; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 34548272633     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20380     Document Type: Article

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