Cytology is useful in breast screening: Results and long-term follow-up of the Singapore Breast Screening Pilot Project

Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Chew, I ^a   Tan, Y ^a   Tan, P H ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Long term follow up; Singapore Breast Screening Pilot Project; Triple assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33748605348     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2006.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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