Utilization of ancillary studies in the cytologic diagnosis of biliary and pancreatic lesions: The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Guidelines

CytoJournal

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 4-

  Layfield, Lester ^a   Ehya, Hormoz ^b   Filie, Armando ^c   Hruban, Ralph ^d   Jhala, Nirag ^e   Joseph, Loren ^f   Vielh, Philippe ^g   Pitman, Martha ^h  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary studies; biliary tract; endoscopic ultrasound; fine needle aspiration; molecular diagnosis; pancreas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA CATENIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; K RAS PROTEIN; MESOTHELIN; MICRORNA; MUCIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT LESION; BILIARY TRACT LYMPHOMA; CYST FLUID; CYSTIC NEOPLASM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS LESION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATIC LYMPHOMA; PANCREATOBILIARY STRICTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84906995098     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.133352     Document Type: Article

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