Pathological reporting of colorectal cancer specimens: A retrospective survey in an academic Canadian pathology department

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 284-288

  Chan, Nancy G ^a   Duggal, Anil ^a   Weir, Michele M ^a   Driman, David K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 49449108584     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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