EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration of solid masses with or without on-site cytological evaluation: No paradox

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1446-1447

  Schmidt, Robert L ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866121029     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.191     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Iglesias-Garcia J, Dominguez-Munoz JE, Abdulkader I et al. Influence of on-site cyto-pathology evaluation on the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of solid pancreatic masses. Am J Gastroenterol 2011; 106: 1705-10.