Histologic grading in breast cancer: Reproducibility between seven pathologic departments

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Boiesen, Poul ^a   Bendahl, Pär Ola ^h   Anagnostaki, Lola ^b   Domanski, Henryk ^c   Holm, Erik ^d   Idvall, Ingrid ^e   Johansson, Sven ^f   Ljungberg, Otto ^c   Ringberg, Anita ^h   Östberg, Görel ^g   Fernö, Mårten ^h  

^a The Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Pathologic and Cytologic Department   (Sweden)

^c The Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Pathologic and Cytologic Department   (Sweden)

^e The Hospital   (Sweden)

^f Pathologic and Cytologic Department   (Sweden)

^g The Hospital   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0033994180     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418600430950     Document Type: Article

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