ASO Author Reflections: Diagnostic Accuracy of Nipple Aspirate Fluid Cytology in Asymptomatic Patients and Its Predictive Validity on Future Risk of Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Literature

Natasha Jiwa^{1

2}, Zoltan Takats³, Daniel Richard Leff^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. natasha.jiwa04@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Breast Surgery, Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK. natasha.jiwa04@imperial.ac.uk.
³ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Breast Surgery, Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK.

Meta-Analysis

Natasha Jiwa et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;28(7):3761-3762.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09355-z. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Natasha Jiwa^{1

2}, Zoltan Takats³, Daniel Richard Leff^{3

4}

¹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. natasha.jiwa04@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Breast Surgery, Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK. natasha.jiwa04@imperial.ac.uk.
³ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Breast Surgery, Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK.

No abstract available

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1. Jiwa N, Gandhewar R, Chauhan H, Ashrafian H, Kumar S, Wright C, Takats Z, Leff D. Diagnostic accuracy of nipple aspirate fluid cytology in asymptomatic patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09313-9. - DOI - PMC - PubMed