Are autopsies useful? Do premorbid findings predict postmortem results in head and neck cancer patients?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-136

  Jennings, C R ^a   Bradley, P J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Postmortem; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036126290     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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