Variations in physician recommendations for surgery after diagnosis of a high-risk lesion on breast core needle biopsy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-263

  Georgian Smith, Dianne ^a   Lawton, Thomas J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Seattle Breast Pathology Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign papilloma; Flat epithelial atypia; Lobular carcinoma in situ; Lobular neoplasia; Radial scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST LESION; BREAST PAPILLOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMA, INTRADUCTAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856108555     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7717     Document Type: Review

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