Role of breast ultrasound for the detection and differentiation of breast lesions

Breast Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Madjar, Helmut ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dense breast; Risk factor; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77952862927     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000297775     Document Type: Review

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