Cytopathologic grading of hepatocellular carcinoma on fine-needle aspiration

Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-252

  Kulesza, Piotr ^a   Torbenson, Michael ^a   Sheth, Sheila ^a   Erozan, Yener S ^a   Ali, Syed Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration (FNA); Grading; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDMONDSON SYSTEM; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MACRONUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4143065897     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20409     Document Type: Article

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