An online quiz uncovers limitations of morphology in equivocal lung cytology

Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 480-487

  Glatz, Katharina ^a,b   Savic, Spasenija ^a   Glatz, Dieter ^b   Francz, Gilbert ^b   Barascud, Audrey ^b   Grilli, Bruno ^b   Herzog, Michelle ^b   Dalquen, Peter ^a   Feichter, Georg ^a   Spieler, Peter ^c   Tamm, Michael ^d   Bubendorf, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; e learning; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lung cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846139349     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22286     Document Type: Article

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