Bilateral synchronous breast cancer in an Asian population: Mammographic and sonographic characteristics, detection methods, and staging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-213

  Min, Jung Kim ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Jin, Young Kwak ^a   Park, Byeong Woo ^a   Kim, Seung Il ^a   Ki, Keun Oh ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bilateral breast cancer; Breast cancer; Mammography; Sonography; Synchronous cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 37549013775     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2714     Document Type: Article

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