Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, including intrahepatic bile ducts. A basis for checklists

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Ruby, Stephen C ^a   Schramm, Joe ^b  

^a Palos Community Hospital   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0033978625     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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