Rapid access multidisciplinary lymph node diagnostic clinic: Analysis of 550 patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354-361

  Chau, I ^a   Kelleher, M T ^a   Cunningham, D ^a   Norman, A R ^a   Wotherspoon, A ^a   Trott, P ^a   Rhys Evans, P ^a   Querci Della Rovere, G ^a   Brown, G ^b   Allen, M ^a   Waters, J S ^a   Haque, S ^a   Murray, T ^a   Bishop, L ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Lymphadenopathy; Malignancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037428804     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600738     Document Type: Article

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