Anorectal Cytology as a Screening Tool for Anal Squamous Lesions: Cytologic, Anoscopic, and Histologic Correlation

Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Friedlander, Maria A ^a   Stier, Elizabeth ^a   Lin, Oscar ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoscopy; Anus; Cytology; Dysplasia; Histology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOSCOPY; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1142286422     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11888     Document Type: Article

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