Specimen radiographs assist in identifying and assessing resection margins of occult breast carcinomas

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 521-523

  Young, Erik Scott ^a   Hogg, David E ^a   Krontiras, Helen ^b   Bernreuter, Wanda ^a   Urist, Marshall ^b   Bland, Kirby I ^b   Chhieng, David C ^c  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Mammograph; Mastectomy; Microcalcification

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; OCCULT CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE SECTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 70449625945     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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