Diagnostic value of breast cytology
Ide, P.; Artoos, C.; Wynants, P.; Bonte, J.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 56(15-16): 762-766
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 6246612 Document Number: 162671
The comparison between clinical examination, mammography, thermography and fine needle aspiration cytology shows the usefulness of cytology in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast tumours. The cytology shows the real nature of benign suspicious and malignant mammographic and thermographic results. Specially in the younger patients cytology identifies early tissue changes, invisible on mammography. Application of the TNM classification shows TOT1 T2 tumours 72% of the material, with 90% positive cytologic results.