Filling the gap between histology and cytology: description of an innovative technology (Cytomatrix) to increase the diagnostic effectiveness of fine needle aspirates data

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a marginally invasive, fast and cost-effective technique to diagnose malignancy as well as other pathologies in different anatomical sites. In the last few years, there has been a significant increase in the demands on sensitivity and specificity of cytodiagnosis as well as in the requirement to produce further biological data to better determine treatment and prognosis.1 Unfortunately, cytology specimens often...