Open AccessRoutine Contralateral Breast Biopsy: Helpful or Irrelevant?
Author(s) -
Hiram S. Cody
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199704000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , breast biopsy , medline , radiology , breast cancer , mammography , cancer , political science , law
Is routine contralateral biopsy in the breast cancer patient justified, and by which parameters can the result be predicted in advance?