Imaging differences in metaplastic and invasive ductal carcinomas of the breast

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1288-1293

  Yang, Wei Tse ^a   Hennessy, Bryan ^a   Broglio, Kristine ^a   Mills, Chadwick ^a,b   Sneige, Nour ^a   Davis, W Grant ^a,c   Valero, Vicente ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Gilcrease, Michael Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Physicians Reference Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Invasive ductal carcinoma; Mammography; Metaplastic breast carcinoma; Sonography

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 36448996975     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2056     Document Type: Article

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