Application of the thinprep imaging system in urine cytology :A prospective study

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 410-414

  Van Hemel, Bettien M ^a   Haarsma, Jolanda G ^a   Ruitenbeek, Teus ^a   Groen, Henk J ^a   Suurmeijer, Albert J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cytology; Quality; Sensitivity; Specificity; Thinprep imager system; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONINVASIVE PAPILLARY UROTHELIAL CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URINALYSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; UROTHELIAL DYSPLASIA;

ACCURACY; CYTOLOGY; QUALITY; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; THINPREP IMAGER SYSTEM; URINE;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84885072344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21301     Document Type: Article

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