Unsuccessful preoperative biopsies, fine needle aspiration cytology or core needle biopsy, lead to increased costs in the diagnostic workup in breast cancer

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1037-1045

  Hukkinen, Katja ^a,b   Kivisaari, Lena ^a   Heikkila Paivi S ^a   Von Smitten, Karl ^a   Leidenius, Marjut ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 51149096750     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802001442     Document Type: Article

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