Excision of high-risk breast lesions on needle biopsy: Is there a standard of core?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-

  Lawton, Thomas J ^a   Georgian Smith, Dianne ^b  

^a Seattle Breast Pathology Consultants   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST LESION; BREAST SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649086823     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2227     Document Type: Letter

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