Axillary lymph node FNA in women with breast cancer is a highly accurate procedure, so why are core biopsies being done?

Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Jun;43(6):510-2. doi: 10.1002/dc.23251. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Authors

Rachel E Factor¹, Robert L Schmidt, Barbara E Chadwick, Benjamin J Witt, Matthew Morgan, Leigh A Neumayer, Lester J Layfield

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PMID: 25631215
DOI: 10.1002/dc.23251

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Axilla
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle / statistics & numerical data
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Female
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymphatic Metastasis
Sensitivity and Specificity