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Original Article

Usefulness of Thallium-201 SPECT Scintimammography to Differentiate Benign from Malignant Breast Masses in Mammographically Dense Breasts

Jeng F. Chiou Cancer Center and Department of Radiation Oncology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
, M.D.,
Ming C. Lin Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan
, M.Sc.,
Dar R. Chen Department of General Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
, M.D.,
Yick F. Jim Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
, M.D. &
Chia H. Kao Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan
, M.D.
Pages 863-868 | Published online: 12 Oct 2003

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