Doppler ultrasound scoring to predict chemotherapeutic response in advanced breast cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kumar, Anand ^a   Singh, Seema ^a   Pradhan, Satyajit ^a   Shukla, Ram C ^a   Ansari, Mumtaz A ^a   Singh, Tej B ^a   Shyam, Rohit ^a   Gupta, Saroj ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ACCURACY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35348914675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-99     Document Type: Article

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