Interobserver variability in the classification of proliferative breast lesions by fine-needle aspiration: Results of the Papanicolaou society of cytopathology study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-165

  Sidawy, Mary K ^a   Stoler, Mark H ^b   Frable, William J ^c   Frost, Andra R ^a   Masood, Shahla ^d   Miller, Theodore R ^e   Silverberg, Steven G ^f   Sneige, Nour ^g   Wang, Helen H ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Fine needle aspiration of breast; Interobserver reproducibility; Proliferative ductal lesions

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031886177     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199802)18:2<150::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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