Interobserver reproducibility of Gleason grading: Evaluation using prostate cancer tissue microarrays

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1071-1078

  Burchardt, M ^a   Engers, R ^b   Muller M ^b   Burchardt, T ^b   Willers, R ^b   Epstein, J I ^c   Ackermann, R ^b   Gabbert, H E ^b   De La Taille, A ^d   Rubin, M A ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gleason grading; Interobserver variances; Prostate cancer; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPACT DISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATHOLOGIST; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UROLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50249109480     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-008-0388-0     Document Type: Article

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