Histopathology reporting of mastectomy specimens--an assessment of inter-hospital variation.
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- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 36 (11) , 1276-1280
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.36.11.1276
Abstract
The routine histopathological reporting of mastectomy specimens at a typical District general hospital and a London teaching hospital have been reviewed. Deficiencies in the assessment of prognostically important variables were revealed. Ways of improving standards are discussed.Keywords
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