Practice protocol for the examination of specimens removed from patients with carcinoma of the urinary bladder, ureter, renal pelvis, and urethra

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1103-1110

  Hammond, Elizabeth H ^a,c   Henson, Donald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CANCER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; URETER CANCER; URETHRA CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030468037     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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