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A pilot study of trimodality breast imaging surveillance in young women at high risk of breast cancer in Western Australia.
The Medical journal of Australia - 21 Sept 2009
Saunders Christobel M, Peters Gudrun, Longman Glenys, Thomson Jacqueline, Taylor Donna, Hua Jianmin, Bennett Michelle, Wylie Elizabeth, Goldblatt Jack, Chan Arlene, Anderson James
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a surveillance program including clinical breast examination (CBE) and three screening modalities (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], high-resolution ultrasound [U/S] and mammographic x-ray [MMX]) was feasible, and whether it could improve detection of pathological lesions in young women at high risk of developing breast cancer. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Western Australian...
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