Macroscopic evaluation of rectal cancer resection specimen: Clinical significance of the pathologist in quality control

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1729-1734

  Nagtegaal, Iris D ^a   Van de Velde, Cornelis J H ^a   Van Der Worp, Erik ^a   Kapiteijn, Ellen ^a   Quirke, Phil ^a   Van Krieken, J Han J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036533877     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2002.07.010     Document Type: Article

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