Efficacy of mammographic evaluation of breast cancer in women less than 40 years of age: Experience from a single medical center in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 736-747

  Wang, Jane ^a,b   Chang, King Jen ^a   Kuo, Wen Hung ^a   Lee, Hsiao Tung ^a   Shih, Tiffany Ting Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Diagnosis; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 35348848577     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60035-2     Document Type: Article

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