Can core needle biopsy replace fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of palpable breast carcinoma: A comparative study of 124 women

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 773-777

  Ballo, Michael S ^a   Sneige, Nour ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; core needle biopsy; core vs. fine needle; fine needle aspiration; needle biopsy cost; palpable breast carcinoma; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029737031     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960815)78:4<773::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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