Root cause analysis of problems in the frozen section diagnosis of in situ, minimally invasive, and invasive adenocarcinoma of the lung

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1515-1521

  Walts, Ann E ^a   Marchevsky, Alberto M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FROZEN SECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84870872032     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0042-OA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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