Pathology review of outside material: When does it help and when can it hurt?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2724-2727

  Smith, Lauren B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY REVIEW; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, ANAPLASTIC; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960127953     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.7906     Document Type: Article

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