Open AccessEvaluation of role of intraoperative cytology technique in diagnosis and management of cancer
Author(s) -
Yashika P. Jaiswal,
Rasika Gadkari
Publication year - 2020
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/joc.joc_94_19
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , histopathology , frozen section procedure , papanicolaou stain , radiology , malignancy , gold standard (test) , lymph node , dissection (medical) , surgery , cancer , pathology , cervical cancer
Intraoperative pathological assessment provides valuable information in a patient's diagnosis and management. Touch imprint/crush cytology is simple, rapid, and cost-effective. Also, imprint smears give excellent cytomorphology.