Role of sample adequacy in fine needle aspiration biopsy of palpable breast lesions

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 369-371

  Saxe, Andrew ^a,b   Phillips, Eduardo ^a   Orfanou, Pareskevi ^a   Husain, Mujtaba ^a  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast biopsy; Breast cancer; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Sample adequacy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035161105     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00739-5     Document Type: Article

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