Quality in cancer diagnosis.

Stephen S. Raab; Dana M. Grzybicki

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Quality in cancer diagnosis.

May 26, 2010

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010;60(3):139-165.

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This review discusses quality of pathology testing in oncology and calls for improvements to prevent diagnostic errors.

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