Mammographic casting-type calcifications is not a prognostic factor in unifocal small invasive breast cancer: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Månsson, Emeli ^a   Bergkvist, Leif ^a   Christenson, Gunilla ^b   Persson, Carina ^c   Wärnberg, Fredrik ^d  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 73449096752     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21405     Document Type: Article

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