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A F Padel1, S B Coghill, S J Powis
1Department of Cellular Pathology, General Hospital, Northampton, UK.
Abstract:
The results of the diagnostic accuracy of breast fine needle aspiration specimens taken by the pathologist in a joint surgical clinic are compared with those taken by a surgeon. In the joint clinic the complete sensitivity rose by 15% and the number of missed malignancies fell by half.