Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with carcinomas of the anus and anal canal. A basis for checklists

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Rickert, Robert R ^a   Compton, Carolyn C ^b   Schramm, Joe ^c  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033958219     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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