Lesion and patient characteristics associated with malignancy after a probably benign finding on community practice mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 511-515

  Lehman, Constance D ^a   Rutter, Carolyn M ^b   Eby, Peter R ^a   White, Emily ^c,d   Buist, Diana S M ^b,c,d   Taplin, Stephen H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Breastcancer; Mammography; Probably benign finding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 38849095880     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2153     Document Type: Article

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