title: Advantages and disadvantages of cytology and histopathology for the diagnosis of cancer.
abstract: Histopathology and cytology are both valuable diagnostic tools. An appreciation of the virtues and the limits of each technique is essential if the user is to avoid mistakes in interpretation. It is also important to take full advantage of the many additional techniques that can be applied to cytology smears and histopathology tissue sections to gain maximum clinical information.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: DeNicola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000662:veterinary