Comparison of breast density in the contralateral normal breast of patients with invasive and in situ breast cancer measured on MRI

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1449-1450

  Chen, J H ^a,b   Chang, D ^a   Nie, K ^a   Hsu, F T ^b   Shih, H N ^b   Hsu, C C ^b   Nalcioglu, O ^a   Su, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69449102242     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp361     Document Type: Letter

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