Impact of pathological review by an expert on the diagnosis and management of patients with cancer in Aquitania;Impacts des avis diagnostiques de cancérologie en Aquitaine. Étude quantitative, qualitative et médicoéconomique rétrospective sur une année

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 478-485

  Lapeyrere, Nadège ^a   Parrens, Marie ^b   Coindre, Jean Michel ^c   Soubeyran, Isabelle ^c   de Mascarel, Antoine ^b   Merlio, Jean Philippe ^b   LeBail, Brigitte ^d   Lepreux, Sébastien ^d   Jaffre, Anne ^c   Gilleron, Véronique ^e   Mathoulin Pélissier, Simone ^a,c   Vergier, Béatrice ^b  

^a Réseau de Cancérologie d'Aquitaine   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^e BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic second opinion; Economic impact; Lymphoid tumor; Melanocytic tumor; Soft tissue tumor; Therapeutic impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MELANOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA;

EID: 57249115154     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2008.09.044     Document Type: Article

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