Sputum Cytology for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: Comparison of Smear and Modified Cell Block Methods

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1023-1027

  Erkiliç, Suna ^a,c   Özsaraç, Coşkun ^a   Küllü, Sevgi ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Fevzi Cakmak Bulv   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cell block; Lung cancer; Smear; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL BLOCK TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 0344464805     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326639     Document Type: Article

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