Consistency achieved by 23 European pathologists from 12 countries in diagnosing breast disease and reporting prognostic features of carcinomas

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Sloane, J P ^s   Amendoeira, I ^t   Apostolikas, N ^a   Bellocq, J P ^b   Bianchi, S ^c   Boecker, W ^d   Bussolati, G ^e   Coleman, D ^f   Connolly, C E ^g   Eusebi, V ^t   De Miguel, C ^h   Dervan, P ⁱ   Drijkoningen, R ^j   Elston, C W ^k   Faverly, D ^l   Gad, A ^m   Jacquemier, J ⁿ   Lacerda, M ^t   Martinez Penuela, J ^h   Munt, C ^f   Peterse, J L ^o   Rank, F ^p   Sylvan, M ^m   Tsakraklides, V ^q   Zafrani, B ^r   more..

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c Istituto di Anat e Istol Patol   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Inst di Anat e Istol Patologica   (Italy)

^f Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^h Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

ⁱ MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^j UZ St Rafael   (Belgium)

^k NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l CMP Laboratory   (Belgium)

^m KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁿ INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^o NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^p Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^q HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^r INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^t NONE

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Author keywords

Atypical hyperplasia; Breast; Diagnostic consistency; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Invasive carcinoma; Kappa statistics

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD VESSEL; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST DUCT; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0008923057     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050297     Document Type: Article

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