Diagnosing breast lesions by fine needle aspiration cytology or core biopsy: Which is better?

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Tse, Gary M ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Breast; Fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 77952993333     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0962-4     Document Type: Review

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