Cumulative sum procedure in evaluation of EUS-guided FNA cytology: The learning curve and diagnostic performance beyond sensitivity and specificity

Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Eltoum, I A ^a,c   Chhieng, D C ^a   Jhala, D ^a   Jhala, N C ^a   Crowe, D R ^a   Varadarajulu, S ^b   Eloubeidi, M A ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Cumulative sum; Cytopathology; Decision making; Diagnostic error; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANCREAS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34250644645     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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