Surgical excision of radial scars diagnosed by core biopsy may help predict future risk of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 331-338

  Miller, Cynthia L ^a   West, Jane A ^a   Bettini, Anna C ^b   Koerner, Frederick C ^a   Gudewicz, Thomas M ^a   Freer, Phoebe E ^a   Coopey, Suzanne B ^a   Gadd, Michele A ^a   Hughes, Kevin S ^a   Smith, Barbara L ^a   Rafferty, Elizabeth ^a   Specht, Michelle C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypia; Complex sclerosing lesion; High risk lesion; Radial scar; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL SCAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; LARGE CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; MAMMARY GLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901692167     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-2958-y     Document Type: Article

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