Supplementary screening sonography in mammographically dense breast: Pros and cons

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 588-593

  Youk, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast screening; Screening ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 78449282979     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.6.589     Document Type: Article

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