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Percutaneous biopsy of the renal mass: FNA or core needle biopsy?

Chi-Shun YangEuna ChoiMuhammad T IdreesShaoxiong ChenHoward H Wu
Published in: Cancer cytopathology (2017)
In the current study, both FNA and CB demonstrated excellent diagnostic accuracy (96% and 94%, respectively). The combination of FNA and CB was found to significantly improve the diagnostic rate when compared with either FNA alone (92% vs 72%; P<.05) or CB alone (92% vs 87%). Cancer Cytopathol 2017;125:407-15. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
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