The size of colon polyps revisited: Intra-and inter-observer variations

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2419-2423

  Rubio, Carlos A ^a   Jónasson, Jon G ^b,c   Nesi, Gabriella ^d   Mazur, Joanna ^e   Ólafsdóttir, Elínborg ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^f ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Carcinoma; Colon; Limits; Size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 77955084576     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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