Adenocarcinoma in situ with a small cell (endometrioid) pattern in cervical smears: A test of the distinction from benign mimics using specific criteria

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 254-258

  Lee, Kenneth R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma in situ; Cervicovaginal smears; Cervix; Cytology; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033604285     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991025)87:5<254::AID-CNCR3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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