Reproducibility of the diagnosis of small adenocarcinoma of the lung and usefulness of an educational program for the diagnostic criteria

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-13

  Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Minami, Yuko ^a   Iijima, Tatsuo ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Lung adenocarcinoma; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 14244261041     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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