Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 396-400 , April 2008

Experience with ultrasonographically guided vacuum-assisted resection of benign breast tumors

  • N. Tagaya

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: N. Tagaya, Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan. Tel.: +81-282-87-2158; fax: +81-282-86-6317.
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  • A. Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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  • Y. Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan
    • Department of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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  • T. Oyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Kubota

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

Received 7 March 2007 ,Revised 22 May 2007 ,Accepted 25 June 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00429-1

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.06.012

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 396-400 , April 2008

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