Pathology reporting of rectal cancer: A national audit

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1178, 2003, Pages

  Keating, John P ^a   Lolohea, Simi ^a   Kenwright, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; REGISTER; STANDARD;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0042329958     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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