Mammographic density defined by higher than conventional brightness threshold better predicts breast cancer risk for full-field digital mammograms

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nguyen, Tuong Linh ^a   Aung, Ye Kyaw ^a   Evans, Christopher Francis ^a   Yoon Ho, Choi ^b   Jenkins, Mark Anthony ^a   Sung, Joohon ^c   Hopper, John Llewelyn ^a,c   Song, Yun Mi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTOCUMULUS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRROCUMULUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; MENOPAUSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ABNORMALITIES; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; MAMMARY GLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958887777     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0654-4     Document Type: Article

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