Mammographic density as a predictor of breast cancer outcome

Future Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-354

  Maskarinec, Gertraud ^a   Woolcott, Christy G ^a   Kolonel, Laurence N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammographic density; Recurrence; Risk prediction; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77949453124     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.10.3     Document Type: Note

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