Rapid cell blocks improve accuracy of breast FNAs beyond that provided by conventional cell blocks regardless of immediate adequacy evaluation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 523-529

  Akalin, Ali ^a   Lu, D ^a   Woda, B ^a   Moss, L ^a   Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Conventional cell block; Fine needle aspiration; Immediate adequacy assessment (on site evaluation); Rapid cell block

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID CELL BLOCK TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 46049086174     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20846     Document Type: Article

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