The format type has impact on the quality of pathology reports of oncological lung resection specimens

Lung Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-387

  Aumann, Konrad ^a   Kayser, Gian ^a   Amann, Dominic ^a   Bronsert, Peter ^a   Hauschke, Dieter ^a   Palade, Emanuel ^a   Passlick, Bernward ^a   Werner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Oncology; Pathology; Quality; Standardization; Synoptic reports

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; DESCRIPTIVE REPORT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ESSENTIAL DATA SCORE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPLATE BASED SYNOPTIC REPORT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

LUNG CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYNOPTIC REPORTS;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84881667561     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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