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Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has been extensively used for many years in the diagnosis of breast lesions because it provides a rapid, accurate, and cost-effective evaluation. However, its use has gradually decreased because of the controversial rates of specimen inadequacy and suboptimal accuracy of diagnoses in inexperienced hands. In many countries, FNAC has been replaced by core needle biopsy (CNB), although often for the wrong reasons. Fortunately, in many places in the world, FNAC is still used as the first-line diagnosis of breast lesions in screening and symptomatic populations.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Porto University and IPATIMUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal

    Fernando Schmitt MD, PhD

  2. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal

    Rene Gerhard MD, PhD

  3. Department of Pathology, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, ME, 04101, USA

    Donald E. Stanley MD

  4. Department of Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Sölvegatan 25, 22185, Lund, Sweden

    Henryk A. Domanski MD, PhD

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Schmitt, F., Gerhard, R., Stanley, D.E., Domanski, H.A. (2014). Breast. In: Domanski, H. (eds) Atlas of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2446-7_3

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