Increasing sensitivity of morphological diagnosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by combination of cytological and fine-needle histological examination after ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-564

  Caselitz, Martin ^b   Masche, N ^c   Bleck, J S ^c   Gebel, M ^c   Atay, Z ^a   Stern, C ^c   Manns, M P ^c   Kubicka, S ^c  

^a Cytological Laboraory   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cytophotometry; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPLOIDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038787873     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39637     Document Type: Article

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