The role of preoperative biopsy in pancreatic cancer

HPB

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 144-153

  Clarke, D L ^a   Clarke, B A ^a   Thomson, S R ^a   Garden, O J ^b   Lazarus, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High specificity; Low sensitivity; Pre operative biopsy techniques

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544226406     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820410030862     Document Type: Review

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