Improving the histopathologic diagnosis of pediatric malignancies in a low-resource setting by combining focused training and telepathology strategies

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-225

  Santiago, Teresa C ^a,b,d   Jenkins, Jesse J ^c   Pedrosa, Francisco ^a   Billups, Catherine ^c   Quintana, Yuri ^c   Ribeiro, Raul C ^b,c   Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Pediatric oncology; Pediatric pathology; Telemedicine; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYNAMIC TELEPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATIC TELEPATHOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862249169     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24071     Document Type: Article

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