Atypia on breast core needle biopsies: Reproducibility and significance

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Darvishian, Farbod ^a   Singh, Baljit ^a   Simsir, Aylin ^a   Ye, Weimin ^b   Cangiarella, Joan F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast core needle biopsy; Epithelial atypia; Surgical pathology quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; ATYPICAL LOBULAR HYPERPLASIA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68949157357     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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