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The reliability of fine-needle aspiration biopsy as the initial diagnostic procedure for palpable masses†

A 4-year experience of 730 patients from a community hospital-based outpatient aspiration biopsy clinic

  1. Barbara D. Florentine MD1,2,‡,*,
  2. Barry Staymates CT1,
  3. Munif Rabadi MD1,
  4. John Barstis MD3,4,5,
  5. Alexander Black MD3,4,5,
  6. Cancer Committee of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

Article first published online: 13 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21976

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 107, Issue 2, pages 406–416, 15 July 2006

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Florentine, B. D., Staymates, B., Rabadi, M., Barstis, J., Black, A. and Cancer Committee of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital (2006), The reliability of fine-needle aspiration biopsy as the initial diagnostic procedure for palpable masses. Cancer, 107: 406–416. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21976

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Pathology, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, California

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

  3. 3

    University of California-Los Angeles/Santa Clarita Valley Cancer Center, Valencia, California

  4. 4

    Department of Hematology Oncology, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, California

  5. 5

    Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  1. ‡

    Fax: (661) 253-8647

*Department of Pathology, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, 23845 McBean Parkway, Valencia CA 91355

  1. †

    The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s), and endorsement by the State of California, Department of Health Services; the National Cancer Institute; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or their contractors and subcontractors is not intended nor should be inferred.

  2. ‡

    Fax: (661) 253-8647

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 JUL 2006
  2. Article first published online: 13 JUN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 MAR 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 FEB 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 21 DEC 2005

Funded by

  • California Department of Health Services as part of the statewide cancer reporting program mandated by California Health and Safety. Grant Number: Code Section 103885
  • National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program. Grant Number: N01-PC-35136
  • Northern California Cancer Center. Grant Number: N01-PC-35139
  • University of Southern California. Grant Number: N02-PC-15105
  • Public Health Institute
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries. Grant Number: U55/CCR921930-02
  • Public Health Institute

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