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Diagnosis of breast cancer: Is there any protocol which is applicable worldwide?

Author(s) -

TMMI Musad,

RZA Khair

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sudan journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1858-5051

DOI - 10.4314/sjms.v4i2.44911

Subject(s) - cytopathology , medicine , histopathology , breast cancer , diagnostic accuracy , pathological , gynecology , cancer , pathology , radiology , cytology

Objectives : to study the accuracy of cytopathology and to evaluate it as diagnostic pathological tool in breast diseases. Method : a prospective study in the period between Jan 2006 and Feb 2008. Data were analysed using the SPSS. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were calculated and compared to literature. Results : Total number of reports was 542, 271 for each cytopathology and histopathology. The overall mean age was 41.0+ 15.3 (ranging between 14- 80) years. The overall sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of cytopathology were 56.1, 80.9 and 63.8% respectively while those of histopathology were 93.5, 83.5 and 89.7% respectively. Conclusion : FNAC has low sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. KeyWords : FNAC, breast cancer.

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