WHO non-Hodgkin's lymphoma classification by criterion-based report review followed by targeted pathology review: An effective strategy for epidemiology studies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2213-2219

  Turner, Jennifer J ^a   Hughes, Ann Maree ^b   Kricker, Anne ^b   Milliken, Sam ^a   Grulich, Andrew ^c   Kaldor, John ^c   Armstrong, Bruce ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27744600585     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0358     Document Type: Review

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