The cellient automated cell block system is useful in the differential diagnosis of atypical glandular cells in papanicolaou tests

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Xing, Wei ^a   Hou, April Y ^b   Fischer, Andrew ^a   Owens, Christopher L ^a   Jiang, Zhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells; Cell block; Cellient automated cell block system; Papanicolaou test; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCERVICAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DEVICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELLS; AUTOMATION; CELL BLOCK; CELLIENT AUTOMATED CELL BLOCK SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THINPREP; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELLS; CELL BLOCK; CELLIENT AUTOMATED CELL BLOCK SYSTEM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; THINPREP;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE EMBEDDING; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894770777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21343     Document Type: Article

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