Open AccessThe clinical effectiveness of fine needle aspiration biopsy in patients with palpable breast lesions seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria: A 10-year retrospective study
Author(s) -
Cornelius Ozobia Ukah,
Olayiwola Oluwasola
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.83467
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , malignancy , medical diagnosis , retrospective cohort study , radiology , breast lumps , gold standard (test) , breast cancer , general surgery , surgery , cancer , pathology
Although open surgical biopsy is the 'gold standard' for diagnosis of palpable breast lesions, in recent years two types of minimally invasive breast biopsy techniques, core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), have become established for the diagnostic evaluation of palpable breast lesions.