Diagnostic accuracy in fine-needle aspiration of soft tissue and bone lesions: Influence of clinical history and experience

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 632-640

  Liu, Katharine ^a   Layfield, Lester J ^b   Coogan, Alice C ^c   Ballo, Michael S ^a   Bentz, Joel S ^b   Dodge, Richard K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Fine needle aspiration; Relative operator characteristic curve analysis; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE CANCER; BONE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0032931178     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.5.632     Document Type: Article

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