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Breast Cancer
Role of FNAC in preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer delineated
June 16th, 2005
Researchers delineated the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the preoperative diagnosis of breast cancer. "FNAC was first described and performed in 1930. Thirty years later, it gained acceptance first in Europe and about a decade later in North America," scientists in Greece reported. "The method is generally considered as a rapid, reliable, safe diagnostic tool to distinguish non-neoplastic from neoplastic breast lesions. In developed countries, in the last 20 years, mammographic screening programs, which have been used extensively, are designed to detect the earliest possible breast cancer," explained P. Zagorianakou and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-16)
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