Core biopsy versus FNAC for palpable breast cancers. Is image guidance necessary?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Agarwal, T ^a   Patel, B ^a   Rajan, P ^a   Cunningham, D A ^a   Darzi, A ^b   Hadjiminas, D J ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast malignancy; FNAC; Image guidance; Percutaneous core biopsy; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037216299     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00459-8     Document Type: Article

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