Clinical and cost impact of second-opinion pathology: Review of prostate biopsies prior to radical prostatectomy

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 851-857

  Epstein, Jonathan I ^a,b   Walsh, Patrick C ^b   Sanfilippo, Fred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle biopsies; Pathology; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Second opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE ADENOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0029908581     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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