Positron emission mammography: A new breast imaging device

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-373

  Tafra, Lorraine ^a  

^a Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 41549162035     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20941     Document Type: Editorial

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