Modified core wash cytology (CWC), an asset in the diagnostic work-up of breast lesions

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 957-962

  Wauters, C A P ^a   Sanders Eras, M C ^a   De Kievit Van Der Heijden, I M ^a   Wesseling, P ^a,b   Venderink, D J ^a   Van Dijk Azn, R ^a   Van Den Wildenberg, F ^a   Kooistra, B W ^a   Strobbe, L J A ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast clinic; Core wash cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; CORE WASH CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR INVASION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957124549     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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