The Cytologic Method in the Diagnosis of Cancer
- 5 February 1948
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 238 (6) , 179-181
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194802052380603
Abstract
TO MAKE a balanced judgment is always difficult. It is a human failing to see things either black or white and, often with insufficient evidence, to render an immediate and final decision either for or against. We shall describe a new test for cancer and present evidence of its value. It is not our contention that this new test should compete with biopsy or replace that method in the diagnosis of cancer. The electrocardiograph did not supersede the older methods of diagnosis in the detection of diseases of the heart. The eyes, the ears and the hand still remain the . . .Keywords
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