Impact of inadequate fine-needle aspiration cytology on outcome of patients with palpable breast lesions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 656-659

  Lee, H C ^a   Ooi, P J L L ^a,b   Poh, W T ^a   Wong, C Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Breast cancer; Inadequate fine needle cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033816787     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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