Authors' response - The prognostic benefits of routine staining with elastica to increase detection of venous invasion in colorectal cancer specimens

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-

  Messenger, David E ^a   Driman, David K ^b,c   Kirsch, Richard ^a,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENOUS INVASION;

BLOOD VESSELS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELASTIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84860714723     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200438     Document Type: Letter

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