Breast-specific gamma imaging: Correlations with mammographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-228

  Park, Ji Yeon ^a,b   Yi, Seong Yoon ^c   Park, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Mi Sung ^a   Kwon, Heon Ju ^a   Park, Noh Hyuck ^b   Moon, Soon Young ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast specific gamma imaging; Clinicopathologic characteristics; Mammography

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; BREAST-SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST-SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84906082222     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11566     Document Type: Article

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