Observer variation in the histopathologic assessment of extranodal tumor spread in lymph node metastases in the neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 840-845

  Van Den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a,b   Lodder, Wouter L ^a   Stel, Herbert V ^c   Bloemena, Elisabeth ^d   Leemans, C René ^d   Van Der Waal, Isaäc ^d  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

extranodal tumor spread; head and neck cancer; histopathology; lymph nodes; observer variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861329357     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21823     Document Type: Article

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