The World Health Organization/International Society of Urological Pathology consensus classification of urothelial (transitional cell) neoplasms of the urinary bladder

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1435-1448

  Epstein, Jonathan I ^a,e   Amin, Mahul B ^b   Reuter, Victor R ^c   Mostofi, Fathollah K ^d   Algaba, Ferran ^f   Allsbrook, William C ^f   Ayala, Alberto G ^f   Becich, Michael J ^f   Beltrán, Antonio L ^f   Boccon Gibód, Lilliane ^f   Bostwick, David G ^f   Busch, Christer ^f   Davis, Charles J ^f   Eble, John N ^f   Foster, Christopher S ^f   Furusato, Masakuni ^f   Grignon, David J ^f   Humphrey, Peter A ^f   Ishak, Elia A ^f   Johansson, Sonny L ^f   Jones, Edward C ^f   Koss, Leopold G ^f   Levin, Howard S ^f   Murphy, William M ^f   Petersen, Robert O ^f   Renshaw, Andrew ^f   Ro, Jae Y ^f   Ross, Jeffrey R ^f   Sesterhenn, Isabell A ^f   Srigley, John R ^f   Suzigan, Sueli ^f   Tomaszewski, John B ^f   Troncoso, Patricia ^f   True, Lawrence D ^f   Weiss, Mark A ^f   Wheeler, Thomas M ^f   Young, Robert H ^f   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PAPILLOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY; UROTHELIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031740494     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199812000-00001     Document Type: Article

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