The utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of primary and metastatic tumors to the lung: A retrospective examination of 1,032 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 590-595

  Adams, Julia ^a   Wu, Howard H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core biopsy; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 84870675221     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342935     Document Type: Review

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