Diagnostic value of nipple cytology: Study of 466 cases

Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Pritt, Bobbi ^a,b   Pang, Yijun ^a,b   Kellogg, Marybeth ^b   St John, Timothy ^b   Elhosseiny, Abdelmonem ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Cytology; Diagnosis; Nipple discharge; Paget disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISCHARGE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECZEMA; EVALUATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NIPPLE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BODILY SECRETIONS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4143116819     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20379     Document Type: Article

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