Institutional Pathology Consultation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-402

  Tsung, Jeffrey S H ^a,b  

^a KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discordant rate; Expert consultation; Immunohistochemical staining; Quality assurance; Repeat biopsy; Second opinion; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TUMOR VOLUME;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 1442353815     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200403000-00015     Document Type: Article

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