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[Results of cytologic diagnosis of breast tumors]
V I Novik1, V F Semiglazov, L A Krasil'nikova
1N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Ministry of Health of the RF, St. Petersburg.
Voprosy Onkologii
|May 14, 1998
Abstract:
The data on the cytological diagnosis of breast cancer in 4.410 patients tuated at the Clinic of the Institute in 1993-1996 are presented. There was histological evidence on 1,479 patients. The sensitivity of cytological examination was 97.2, specificity--92.4, predictive value of positive test--97 and that of negative test--93%. Correlations between cytological evidence, histological pattern, stage and size of tumor are discussed.