2001 Standards, Options and Recommendations: Practice guidelines for difficult diagnoses in surgical pathology or cytopathology in cancer patients;Standards, Options et Recommandations 2001 bonnes pratiques pour la conduite à tenir devant une lésion de diagnostic anatomocytopathologique difficile en cancérologie

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 460-470

  Coindre, J M ^a   Blanc Vincent, M P ^b   Collin, F ^c   Mac Grogan, G ^a   Balaton, A ^d   Voigt, J J ^e  

^a INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^b FNCLCC   (France)

^c CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^d Centre de Pathologie   (France)

^e INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytopathology; Diagnosis; Guidelines; Neoplasms; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0347360434     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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