Liquid-based cytology in diagnosing nasopharyngeal carcinoma

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-425

  Jan, Yee Jee ^a,b   Chen, Su Ju ^a   Wang, John ^a,b   Jiang, Rong San ^a,b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnostic rate; False negative rate; False positive rate; Liquid based cytology; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Punch biopsy; Sensitivity; Specificity; Thin prep test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRUSH CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNGOSCOPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THIN PREP TEST; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349256148     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3341     Document Type: Article

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