Mammography: Yet another challenge

Radiology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-589

  Kopans, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949125624     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2533091517     Document Type: Article

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