Xcyt) was used to categorize 56 (37 benign and 19 Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. malignant) breast FNAs diagnosed as ''indeterminate'' and the computer diagnosis 2 Departments of Surgery and Human Oncolcompared with the surgical biopsy. For each case, an operator chose a group of ogy, Univ
Needle aspiration of the breast
โ Scribed by William J. Frable
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 728 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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I n this issue of Cancer Cytopathology, Drs. Boerner and Sneige 1 propose that aspirate samplings with fewer than six epithelial cell clusters be considered nondiagnostic. In their opening remarks they correctly note that among experts "there is no agreement on whether the presence of epithelial cel
## BACKGROUND. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of breast specimens can be difficult and between 10 -25% of the lesions ultimately are classified as "atypical," even by the most experienced cytopathologist. The goal of this study was to identify a molecular mechanism that reliably distinguishes benign