New applications for old assays and the importance of validation

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Hunt, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84871770938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20196     Document Type: Editorial

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