Venous invasion in colorectal cancer: Impact of an elastin stain on detection and interobserver agreement among gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal pathologists

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-210

  Kirsch, Richard ^a   Messenger, David E ^a   Riddell, Robert H ^a   Pollett, Aaron ^a   Cook, Megan ^a   Al Haddad, Sahar ^b   Streutker, Catherine J ^b   Divaris, Dimitrios X ^c   Pandit, Rajani ^d   Newell, Ken J ^e   Liu, Jimin ^f   Price, Russell G ^g   Smith, Sharyn ^h   Parfitt, Jeremy R ⁱ   Driman, David K ⁱ  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Guelph General Hospital   (Canada)

^e Grey Bruce Health Services   (Canada)

^f Halton Healthcare Services   (Canada)

^g Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

^h Stratford General Hospital Foundation   (Canada)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

colon cancer; elastin; interobserveragreement; venous invasion

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; STANDARD; VASCULAR TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELASTIN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VEINS;

EID: 84872840959     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31826a92cd     Document Type: Article

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