Interobserver variation in grading and staging of squamous cell carcinoma of the penis in relation to the clinical outcome

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1660-1665

  Naumann, Carsten M ^a,e   Alkatout, Ibrahim ^a   Hamann, Moritz F ^e   Al Najar, Amr ^e   Hegele, Axel ^b   Korda, Joanna B ^c   Bolenz, Christian ^d   Klöppel, Günter ^a   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^e   Van Der Horst, Christof ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Histological grading; Histological staging; Interobserver variation; Penile carcinoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGIST; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PENIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67249127045     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08362.x     Document Type: Article

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