Incidence of breast cancer in patients with pure flat epithelial atypia diagnosed at core-needle biopsy of the breast

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-138

  Khoumais, Nuha A ^a   Scaranelo, Anabel M ^b   Moshonov, Hadas ^b   Kulkarni, Supriya R ^b   Miller, Naomi ^c   McCready, David R ^c   Youngson, Bruce J ^c   Crystal, Pavel ^b   Done, Susan J ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CALCIFICATION; CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FLAT EPITHELIAL ATYPIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871765378     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2591-0     Document Type: Article

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