Individual submission and embedding of prostate biopsies decreases rates of equivocal pathology reports

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-86

  Gupta, Chakshu ^a   Ren, Jian Z ^a   Wojno, Kirk J ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

EID: 0742272176     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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