Breast-specific gamma imaging as an adjunct modality for the diagnosis of invasive breast cancer with correlation to tumour size and grade

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1014, 2012, Pages

  Tadwalkar, Rache V ^a   Rapelyea, J A ^a   Torrente, J ^a   Rechtman, L R ^a   Teal, C B ^b   McSwain, A P ^b   Donnelly, C ^a   Kidwell, A B ^a   Coffey, C M ^a   Brem, R F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDOLITE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84861880864     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/34392802     Document Type: Article

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