Standardisation of clinical breast-density measurement

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-336

  Ng, Kwan Hoong ^a   Yip, Cheng Har ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRCA GENE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST LESION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENSITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84859147917     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70093-1     Document Type: Letter

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