Atypical and suspicious categories in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast: Histological and mammographical correlation and clinical significance

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 706-709

  Chaiwun, Benjaporn ^a   Sukhamwang, N ^a   Lekawanvijit, S ^a   Sukapan, K ^a   Rangdaeng, S ^a   Muttarak, M ^b   Thorner, P S ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast biopsy; Breast cancer; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28844453726     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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