Bi-RADS category 3 nonpalpable breast masses on sonography: long-term results of a prospective cohort study

Alimoglu, EMEL; ALİMOĞLU, MUSTAFA; ÇEKEN, KAĞAN; Kabaalioglu, ADNAN; APAYDIN, ALİ; Cassano, Enrico; Sindel, HAKKI

doi:10.1002/jcu.21894

Bi-RADS category 3 nonpalpable breast masses on sonography: long-term results of a prospective cohort study

Alimoglu E., ALİMOĞLU M. K., ÇEKEN K., Kabaalioglu A., APAYDIN A., Cassano E., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND, cilt.40, sa.3, ss.125-134, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jcu.21894
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.125-134
Anahtar Kelimeler: breast, neoplasm, benign, follow-up, sonography, BI-RADS, FOLLOW-UP, BENIGN, MAMMOGRAPHY, US, LESIONS, BIOPSY, WOMEN, ULTRASOUND
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: To determine the frequency of BI-RADS category 3 nonpalpable masses detected using only sonography (US) and the malignancy rate among these lesions. Second, to validate a proposed short-term follow-up regimen based on long-term observational results.