Use of a new method in reaching consensus on the cause of cytologic-histologic correlation discrepancy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 836-842

  Raab, Stephen S ^a   Stone, Chad H ^b   Wojcik, Eva M ^c   Geisinger, Kim R ^d   Dahmoush, Laila ^e   Garcia, Fernando U ^f   Grzybicki, Dana Marie ^a   Janosky, Janine E ^a   Meier, Frederick A ^b   Zarbo, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Consensus; Diagnostic error; Interobserver agreement; Pathology; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845457143     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/1790JN2YWCG833VU     Document Type: Article

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