A multi-centre pathologist survey on pathological processing and regression grading of colorectal cancer resection specimens treated by neoadjuvant chemoradiation

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 460, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-155

  Chetty, Runjan ^a   Gill, Pelvender ^a   Govender, Dhirendra ^b   Bateman, Adrian ^c   Chang, Hee Jin ^d   Driman, David ^e   Duthie, Fraser ^f   Gomez, Marisa ^g   Jaynes, Eleanor ^c   Lee, Cheok Soon ^h   Locketz, Michael ^b   Mescoli, Claudia ⁱ   Rowsell, Corwyn ^j   Rullier, Anne ^k   Serra, Stefano ^l   Shepherd, Neil ^m   Szentgyorgyi, Eva ^l   Vajpeyi, Rajkumar ^l   Wang, Lai Mun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^m CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Neoadjuvant chemoradiation; Pathology reporting; Regression grading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84859928025     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1193-3     Document Type: Article

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