Synoptic reporting in tumor pathology: Advantages of a web-based system

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 898-903

  Qu, Zhenhong ^a,c   Ninan, Shibu ^a   Almosa, Ahmed ^a   Chang, K G ^b   Kuruvilla, Supriya ^a   Nguyen, Nghia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Cancer report template; Tumor reporting

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 34250679341     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/6VKCQDC69595KYVE     Document Type: Article

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