Variation in mammographic appearance between projections of small breast cancers compared with radial scars

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 415-420

  Cawson, Jennifer N ^a   Nickson, Carolyn ^a   Evans, Jill ^b   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast; breast cancer; mammography; radical scars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL SCAR; SKIN SCAR; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78349280005     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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