Usefulness of a synoptic data tool for reporting of head and neck neoplasms based on the college of American pathologists cancer checklists

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-530

  Kang, Hyunseok P ^a   Devine, Lisa J ^b   Piccoli, Anthony L ^b   Seethala, Raja R ^c   Amin, Waqas ^b   Parwani, Anil V ^b,c,d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer checklists; Head and neck; Pathology reporting; Synoptic reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHECKLIST; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LARYNX TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; STANDARD; THYROID TUMOR;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REGISTRIES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349578539     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPQZXR1NMF2VDX     Document Type: Article

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