Effectiveness of breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) for breast cancer in korea: A comparative study

Breast Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Lee, Anbok ^a   Chang, Jina ^a   Lim, Woosung ^a   Kim, Bom Sahn ^a   Lee, Jee Eun ^a   Cha, Eun Suk ^a   Moon, Byung In ^a  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

breast ultrasonography; breast specific gamma imaging; effectiveness; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84866072823     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2012.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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