Early detection of breast cancer: Benefits and risks of supplemental breast ultrasound in asymptomatic women with mammographically dense breast tissue. A systematic review

BMC Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 335-

  Nothacker, Monika ^a   Duda, Volker ^b   Hahn, Markus ^c   Warm, Mathias ^d   Degenhardt, Friedrich ^e   Madjar, Helmut ^f   Weinbrenner, Susanne ^a   Albert, Ute Susann ^b  

^a Agency for Quality in Medicine   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70449364558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-335     Document Type: Article

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