An economic evaluation of fine-needle cytology as the primary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of lymphadenopathy
Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is commonly used to obtain a pre-surgical pathological diagnosis in many organs, but its cost-effectiveness in lymphadenopathy has not been studied yet. We calculated the cost and diagnostic accuracy of a diagnostic algorithm that uses FNAC as a first-line proc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Open Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2023-0719 |