Standardized pretreatment breast MRI-accuracy and influence on mastectomy decisions

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 741-745

  Barchie, Matthew F ^a   Clive, Kevin S ^a   Tyler, Joshua A ^a   Sutcliffe, Joseph B ^a   Kirkpatrick, Aaron D ^a   Bell, Lisa M ^a   Banks, Kevin P ^a   Belenkiy, Slava ^a   Saenger, Jeff S ^a   Peoples, George E ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; imaging; treatment choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80955180017     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21960     Document Type: Article

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