The value of postmortem examination in cases of metastasis of unknown origin - 20-Year retrospective data from a tertiary care center

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Al Brahim, Nabeel ^a   Ross, Catherine ^a   Carter, Beverly ^a   Chorneyko, Katherine ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cancer; Metastasis; Primary; Secondary

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE INTESTINE TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; METASTASIS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; MICROSCOPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 16244396701     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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