The Additional Diagnostic Value of Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Open Access
- 26 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 163 (10) , 1194-1199
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.10.1194
Abstract
WITH A LIFETIME risk of 10%, breast cancer is a major public health problem for women in Western countries.1 Its diagnosis and treatment are creating a financial burden to the health care system.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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