Reproducibility of Gleason grading of prostate cancer can be improved by the use of reference images

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 291-295

  Egevad, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILM; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPE; PATHOLOGIST; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0035129540     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00922-5     Document Type: Article

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