A study of Gleason score interpretation in different groups of UK pathologists; techniques for improving reproducibility

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-662

  Griffiths, D F R ^a   Melia, J ^b   McWilliam, L J ^c   Ball, R Y ^d   Grigor, K ^e   Harnden, P ^f   Jarmulowicz, M ^g   Montironi, R ^h   Moseley, R ⁱ   Waller, M ^b   Moss, S ^b   Parkinson, M C ^j   Rashid, A M ^k   Williams, N ^k   Polacarz, S ^k   Lord, M ^k   Banarjee, S ^k   Smith, G T ^k   Wessels, E ^k   Murphy, J K ^k   Champ, C ^k   Shannon, J ^k   Denholm, R B ^k   Kiberu, S ^k   Simpson, C G B ^k   Melville Jones, G R ^k   Charnley, B ^k   Stock, D ^k   Evans, G ^k   Cotter, M ^k   Nind, N ^k   Hayes, M ^k   Kellett, R ^k   Williams, R ^k   Howell, S ^k   Murray, L ^k   Arulambalam, K J ^k   Bailey, D M ^k   Bajallan, N M S ^k   Boyle, S ^k   Carr, R A ^k   Chandra, A ^k   Chappell, M E ^k   Coghill, S B ^k   Davies, D R ^k   Jader, S ^k   Maheswaran, P R ^k   McCormick, C S F ^k   McCulloch, T ^k   Molyneux, A J ^k   O'Donnell, P J ^k   Ong, P S ^k   Patterson, A ^k   Peat, D S ^k   Rees, H ^k   Rose, D S C ^k   Shaikh, H ^k   Smith, R E ^k   Stirling, R W ^k   Temple, L N ^k   Theaker, J M ^k   Thebe, P ^k   Thomas, S ^k   Tidsley, G J ^k   Trott, P A ^k   Verghese, A ^k   Wolfe, P Q ^k   Young, M P A ^k   more..

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BOSTWICK LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

ⁱ ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Biopsy; Education; Grade; Prostate carcinoma; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONSENSUS; DECISION THEORY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645980368     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02394.x     Document Type: Article

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