Columnar cell lesions on breast needle biopsies: Is surgical excision necessary?: A systematic review

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Verschuur Maes, Anoek H J ^a   Van Deurzen, Carolien H M ^b   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^a   Van Diest, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DAMAGE; COLUMNAR CELL LESION; DATA BASE; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MEDLINE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK;

EID: 84855859496     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318233523f     Document Type: Review

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