Preoperative cytological and histological diagnosis of breast lesions: A critical review

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 934-940

  Kooistra, B ^a   Wauters, C ^a   Strobbe, L ^a   Wobbes, T ^b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast pathology; Breast surgery; Core needle biopsy; Core wash cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Touch imprint cytology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; CORE WASH CYTOLOGY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TOUCH IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957136653     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.06.014     Document Type: Review

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