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01-10-2010 | Poster presentation
Fine needle aspiration versus touch imprint cytology in ultrasound-guided core of breast masses
Authors:
A Leaver, S Athey, A O’Brien, AJ Potterton, A Redman, L Lunt, JD Hemming
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 3/2010
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Excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare the results of fine needle aspiration (FNAC, current practice) with imprint cytology (CIC) from ultrasound-guided cores taken in the one-stop clinic setting. CIC allows same-day results with one biopsy procedure. Literature suggests CIC provides a higher sensitivity/C5 rate, although there are few direct comparisons of CIC with FNAC. …