Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of cervical lymph nodes: Factors in predicting malignant diagnosis

Neoplasma

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Aribas B K ^a   Arda, K ^a   Ciledag N ^a   Cetindag M F ^a   Dogan K ^a   Sahin G ^a   Yologlu Z ^a   Aktas E ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Lymph node; Malignancy; Neck

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79961122007     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/neo_2011_01_51     Document Type: Article

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