Predictive power of cytomorphological features in equivocal (C3, C4) breast FNAC

Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Moyes, C ^a   Dunne, B ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atypia; Breast; Equivocal results (C3, C4); Fine needle aspiration cytology; Predictive power

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10844244089     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2004.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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