title: On cytologic vagaries in the diagnosis of breast tumors.
abstract: The article describes the difficulties, the errors and limitations of the fine needle aspiration biopsy technique in the diagnosis of the breast tumors encountered during a 2.5 year period of activity. The question of false-negative and false-positive results and the way these problems were partly overcome in the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw are discussed in detail.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans