Early diagnosis of pancreatobiliary duct malignancies by brush cytology and biopsy

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-155

  Elek, Gábor ^a   Gyökeres, Tibor ^a   Schäfer, Eszter ^a   Burai, Mária ^a   Pintér, Ferenc ^a   Pap, Ákos ^a,b  

^a Department of Pathology   (Hungary)

^b MAV Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Intraductal biopsy; Intraductal cytology; Pancreatobiliary strictures; Processing and interpretive errors; Sampling ; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT CANCER; BRUSH CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL BIOPSY; KLATSKIN TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR;

EID: 27644575672     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893391     Document Type: Article

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