The Probably Benign Assessment

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 773-789

  Leung, Jessica W T ^a   Sickles, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34548634109     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2007.06.008     Document Type: Review

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