Ultrasonographic differentiation of malignant from benign breast lesions: A meta-analytic comparison of elasticity and BIRADS scoring

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-35

  Sadigh, Gelareh ^a   Carlos, Ruth C ^b,c   Neal, Colleen H ^b,c   Dwamena, Ben A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast lesion; Breast ultrasound; Elastography; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM SCORE; BREAST LESION; BREAST ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY SCORE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84860346278     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1857-8     Document Type: Review

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