Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of palpable breast masses. Comparison of conventional smears with the Cyto-Tek Monoprep system

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 278-285

  Florentine, Barbara D ^a,b   Wu, Nancy C ^a   Waliany, Shanez ^a   Carriere, Carol ^a   Hindle, William ^a   Raza, Anwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cyto Tek MonoPrep; Cytology preparation; Fine needle aspiration; Monolayer; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALPATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033604297     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991025)87:5<278::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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