Fine-needle aspiration cytology in a regional head and neck cancer center: Comparison with a systematic review and meta-analysis

Head & Neck ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1246-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankalap Tandon ◽  
Riad Shahab ◽  
James I. Benton ◽  
Samit K. Ghosh ◽  
Jonathan Sheard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

scholarly journals The Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Gallbladder Cancer: A Systematic Review

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1427
Author(s):  
Georgios D. Koimtzis ◽  
Christopher G. Chalklin ◽  
Eliot Carrington-Windo ◽  
Mark Ramsden ◽  
Leandros Stefanopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Gallbladder Cancer ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Summary Receiver Operating Characteristic ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the biliary tract. When diagnosed in an advanced stage it has a very poor prognosis. Therefore, early diagnosis and thorough assessment of a suspicious gallbladder polyp is essential to improve survival rate. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the management of gallbladder cancer. For that purpose, a systematic review was carried out in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Scopus and Google Scholar databases between 1 July 2004 and 22 April 2021. Six studies with 283 patients in total were included. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of FNAC were 0.85 and 0.94, respectively, while the area under the calculated summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC curve (AUC) was 0.98. No complications were reported. Based on the high diagnostic performance of FNAC in the assessment of gallbladder masses, we suggest that every suspicious mass should be evaluated further with FNAC to facilitate the most appropriate management.

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