Improved objectivity of grading of TA,1 transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder by quantitative nuclear and proliferation related features

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 854-859

  Bol, M G W ^a   Baak, J P A ^a   de Bruin, P C ^a   Rep, S ^a   Marx, W ^a   Bos, S ^a   Kisman, O ^a  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder tumours; Ki 67; Morphometry; Proliferation; Transitional cell carcinoma; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0035173620     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.11.854     Document Type: Article

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