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The role of breast fine needle aspiration during and post‐COVID‐19 pandemic: A fast and safe alternative to needle core biopsy
Author(s) -
Pinto Daniel,
Schmitt Fernando
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12894
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , core biopsy , surgery , radiology , general surgery , pathology , breast cancer , disease , cancer , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) may be used to study breast lesions in patients that do not have access to more complex procedures during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Furthermore, FNA can be a helpful screening method in the post‐pandemic era when a greater number of patients than usual with delayed treatment can overburden clinics and hospitals.