An audit of 'equivocal' (C3) and 'suspicious' (C4) categories in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast

Cytopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 219-226

  Deb, R A ^a   Matthews, P ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Ellis, I O ^a   Pinder, S E ^a,b  

^a NHS Trust ^*

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; C3; C4; Equivocal; Fine needle breast cytology; Suspicious

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034922347     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2001.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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