Reproducibility in the diagnosis of needle core biopsies of non-palpable breast lesions: An international study using virtual slides published on the world-wide web

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 720-726

  Zito, Francesco Alfredo ^a   Verderio, Paolo ^b   Simone, Giovanni ^a   Angione, Vito ^c   Apicella, Paola ^d   Bianchi, Simonetta ^e   Conde, Antonio Felix ^f   Hameed, Omar ^g   Ibarra, Julio ^h   Leong, Antony ⁱ   Pennelli, Natale ^j   Pezzica, Ezio ^k   Vezzosi, Vania ^e   Ventrella, Vincenzo ^l   Pizzamiglio, Sara ^b   Paradiso, Angelo ^a   Ellis, Ian ^m  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^d PISTOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Department of Human Pathology and Oncology Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi ^*  (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL PERPETUO SOCORRO   (Spain)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h Memorial Care   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Women's Department   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Atypical ductal hyperplasia; Core breast biopsy; Quality control; Telepathology; Virtual slide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNET; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLICATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951715054     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03548.x     Document Type: Article

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