Variability in mitotic figures in serial sections of thin melanomas

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1204-1211

  Knezevich, Stevan R ^a,b   Barnhill, Raymond L ^c   Elder, David E ^d   Piepkorn, Michael W ^b,e   Reisch, Lisa M ^b   Pocobelli, Gaia ^b   Carney, Patricia A ^f   Elmore, Joann G ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Dermatopathology Northwest   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging; mitosis; mitotic rate; reproducibility; T1b; variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION; UNITED STATES; BIOPSY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS INDEX; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925454688     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.07.056     Document Type: Article

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