Breast Carcinoma Aspirates: a Study on Cytological Grading

189 BREAST CARCINOMA ASPIRATES: A STUDY ON CYTOLOGICAL GRADING *Subhashish Das, Kalyani and Harendra Kumar Department of Pathology; Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar *Author for Correspondence ABSTRACT Cytological nuclear grading is one of the most important prognostic factors that should be considered in the study of breast cancer. The aim was to study the importance of the nuclear grading in breast carcinoma in imprint smears along with its histological correlation. The fine needle aspiration smears were stained with Papanicolaou stain and graded using the Robinson’s cytological grading system. Subsequently histological grading was performed on their Hematoxylin &Eosin stained tissue sections by Nottingham modification of Scarff-Bloom-Richardson method. The study shows nuclear features of breast carcinoma can play important prognostic factor with significant diagnostic and therapeutic value.