Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsies of pancreatic masses: Comparison between fine needle aspirations and needle core biopsies

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-282

  Yun, Shine S ^a   Remotti, Helen ^a   Vazquez, Madeline F ^b   Crapanzano, John P ^b   Saqi, Anjali ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound guidance; EUS; Fine needle aspiration; Pancreas; Trucut biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247545702     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20621     Document Type: Article

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