Knowledge of the anatomical polyp location might bias the pathological classification of histologically equivocal colorectal serrated polyps - A consensus study performed by pathology trainees

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Gunia, Sven ^a   Berg, Tobias ^b   Gradhand, Elise ^b   Becker, Susann ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Colorectal serrated polyps; Duration of pathology training; Histological classification; Pathology trainees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SERRATED POLYP; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE POLYP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVER BIAS; PATHOLOGIST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79551614817     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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