Diagnostic discrepancies in breast specimens subjected to gross reexamination

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 876-879

  Wiley, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Keh, Pacita ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Surgical Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality assurance; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER INVASION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY;

BREAST DISEASES; CHICAGO; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032798682     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199908000-00003     Document Type: Article

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