The presence of a cytopathologist increases the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A meta-analysis

Cytopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-171

  Hebert Magee S ^a   Bae, S ^b   Varadarajulu, S ^c   Ramesh, J ^c   Frost, A R ^a   Eloubeidi, M A ^c   Eltoum, I A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytopathology; Diagnostic accuracy; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; EUS FNA; Meta analysis; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CYTOPATHOLOGIST; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; EXCISION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878406493     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12071     Document Type: Article

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