Fine needle aspiration cytology as an adjunct to core biopsy in the assessment of symptomatic breast carcinoma

Breast

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-414

  Pilgrim, S ^a   Ravichandran, D ^a  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Core biopsy; FNAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 27144489522     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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