Observer variability in histological malignancy grading of adenoid cystic carcinomas

APMIS

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 559-565

  Therkildsen, Marianne Hamilton ^a,c   Reibel, Jesper ^b   Schiødt, Torben ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Histopathological malignancy grading; Kappa statistic; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030810552     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb05053.x     Document Type: Article

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