A comparative analysis of core needle biopsy and fine-needle aspiration cytology in the evaluation of palpable and mammographically detected suspicious breast lesions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 681-689

  Garg, Shailja ^a   Mohan, Harsh ^a   Bal, Amanjit ^a   Attri, A K ^a   Kochhar, Suman ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Breast; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Needle core biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35649025814     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20721     Document Type: Article

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