Breast imaging and intervention in the overweight and obese patient

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Destounis, Stamatia ^a   Newell, Mary ^b   Pinsky, Renee ^c  

^a Elizabeth Wende Breast Care LLC   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast imaging; Obesity; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79251482143     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5556     Document Type: Review

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