Consistency of microstaging pT1 bladder transitional cell carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 735-736

  Cottrell, Lorna ^a   Nairn, Edwin Robert ^a   Hair, Mario ^b  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250847633     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.045708     Document Type: Article

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