Interobserver reproducibility of the Lagios nuclear grading system for ductal carcinoma in situ

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-262

  Sneige, Nour ^a   Lagios, Michael D ^b   Schwarting, Roland ^b   Colburn, William ^b   Atkinson, Edward ^b   Weber, Diane ^b   Sahin, Aysegul ^b   Kemp, Bonnie ^b   Hoque, Ashraful ^b   Risin, Seymon ^b   Sabichi, Anita ^b   Boone, Charles ^b   Dhingra, Kapil ^b   Kelloff, Gary ^b   Lippman, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Interobserver reproducibility; Nuclear grade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 13044278315     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90002-3     Document Type: Article

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