Quality of Colon Carcinoma Pathology Reporting: A Process of Care Study

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1262-1267

  Wei, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Miller, Eric A ^c   Woosley, John T ^a   Martin, Christopher F ^b   Sandler, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clincal outcome; Colon carcinoma; Pathology; Quality of reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1542284096     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20090     Document Type: Article

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