Comprehensive evaluation of colorectal polyps in specimens from endoscopic biopsies

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Chopra, Shefali ^a   Wu, Mark Li Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; colorectum; Lynch syndrome; polyp; polyposis

Indexed keywords

COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FAMILIAL CANCER; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYPECTOMY; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; HUMANS; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME;

EID: 78650790283     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3182028366     Document Type: Review

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