Role of cytological grading in the management of breast lump

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-152

  Mehmood, Aamer ^b   Ahmed, Mumtaz ^b   Jamal, Shahid ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Grading system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHILD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038408694     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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