Interobserver agreement of a probabilistic approach to reporting breast fine-needle aspirations on ThinPrep®

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 389-395

  Gornstein, Bradley ^a,h   Jacobs, Timothy ^a,i   Bédard, Yvan ^b   Biscotti, Charles ^c   Ducatman, Barbara ^d   Layfield, Lester ^e   McKee, Grace ^f   Sneige, Nour ^g   Wang, Helen ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h Charlton Memorial Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Fine needle aspiration; Interobserver agreement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 2942731507     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20041     Document Type: Article

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