Elastography and its role in breast cancer screening

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-204

  Saleem, Saira ^a  

^a KING SAUD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PAKISTAN; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 64149084181     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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