Initial axillary staging of breast cancer using ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration: A liquid-based cytology study

Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Schiettecatte, A ^a   Bourgain, C ^b   Breucq, C ^a   Buls, N ^a   De Wilde, V ^c   De Mey, J ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Immunocytochemistry; Liquid based cytology; Sentinel node procedure; Ultrasound guided FNA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78651232644     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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