Does on-site adequacy evaluation reduce the nondiagnostic rate in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions?

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-325

  Cermak, Therese S ^a   Wang, Brant ^a   DeBrito, Pedro ^a   Carroll, John ^a   Haddad, Nadim ^a   Sidawy, Mary K ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Endosonography; Evaluation; Fine needle aspiration; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR; TISSUE PREPARATION;

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871762376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21201     Document Type: Article

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