Making the most of your pathology: Standardized histopathology reporting in head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Yunker, Warren K ^a   Matthews, T Wayne ^a   Dort, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Pathology report; Standardized; Synoptic; Template

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48649106808     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0006     Document Type: Article

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