Lymph node assessment: Issues in pathology

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Khalifa, Mahmoud A ^a   Smith, Andy ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer staging; Lymph node pathology; Nodal metastasis; Node assessment; Quality reporting

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 62749167039     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21198     Document Type: Review

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