Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1299-1306 , September 2006

Sonographic features of nonpalpable breast cancer: A study based on ultrasound-guided wire-localized surgical biopsies

  • See-Ying Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Yi-Hong Chou, Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
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  • Yi-Hong Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Hong-Jen Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Hsin-Kai Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Chui-Mei Tiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Ling-Ming Tseng

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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  • Cheng-Yen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Peitou Taipei 112, Taiwan

Received 2 October 2005 ,Revised 11 May 2006 ,Accepted 19 May 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01630-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.018

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1299-1306 , September 2006

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