Which cytological criteria are the most discriminative to distinguish carcinoma, lymphoma, and soft-tissue sarcoma? A probabilistic approach

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Thunnissen, Frederik B J M ^a   Kroese, Albert H ^f,g   Ambergen, Anton W ^a   Peterse, Johannes L ^b   Jansen, Jan Willem ^c   Laddé, Ben E ^d   Van Pel, Renée ^e   Tiebosch, Anton T M G ^a,f   Schaafsma, Willem ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^d Pathology   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cytological criteria; Malignant lymphoma; Probabilistic diagnosis; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; SARCOMA;

EID: 0030714075     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199711)17:5<333::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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