Protocol for the Examination of Specimens from Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors (Carcinoid Tumors) of the Appendix

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Washington, Mary Kay ^a   Tang, Laura H ^b   Berlin, Jordan ^a   Branton, Philip A ^c   Burgart, Lawrence J ^d   Carter, David K ^e   Compton, Carolyn C ^f   Fitzgibbons, Patrick L ^g   Frankel, Wendy L ^h   Jessup, J Milburn ^f   Kakar, Sanjay ⁱ   Minsky, Bruce ^j   Nakhleh, Raouf E ^k  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOID; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76449083527     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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