Fine needle aspiration biopsy, core needle biopsy or excision biopsy to diagnose breast cancer - Which is the ideal method?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Tham, Teck Meng ^a   Iyengar, Krishnan Rangaswamy ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^a   Yip, Cheng Har ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Core needle biopsy; Excision biopsy; Fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650930741     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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