Effectiveness of fine-needle aspiration cytology of breast: Analysis of 2,375 cases from Northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Chaiwun B., Settakorn J., Ya-In C., Wisedmongkol W., Rangdaeng S., Thorner P.
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 在線閱讀: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036183926&partnerID=40&md5=741bcb271d28fdb35d76c6f7b7269968; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11892030; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2582

At the Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2,375 cases of breast lesions were sampled by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) from 1994-1999. Cytologic diagnoses were: benign (48%), suspicious for malignancy (5%), malignant (15%), and unsatisfactory (32%). Comparison with histology was...