Needle core biopsy for screen detected breast lesions: Time to raise the bar?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2540-2541

  Verkooijen, Helena M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

EID: 55349087521     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.09.006     Document Type: Note

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