Discordance in routine second opinion pathology review of head and neck oncology specimens: A single-center five year retrospective review
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- 作者：Gefei Alex Zhu ; Ruth Lira ; Alexander Dimitrios Colevas ; colevas@stanford.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：HPV ; human papillomavirus ; EBV ; Epstein&ndash ; Barr virus ; PCR ; polymerase chain reaction ; AOR ; adjusted odds ratio ; NCCN ; National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- 刊名：Oral Oncology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：53
- 期：Complete
- 页码：36-41
- 全文大小：560 K
文摘
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Mandatory second opinion pathology slide review for new referrals is a common practice.
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We conducted a retrospective cohort study to investigate the discordance rate.
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Of 667 new head and neck cancer referrals cases over 5 years, 22% were discordant.
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Histology but not biopsy site were associated with discordance on multivariate models.
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Routine slide review may reveal information that alters the treatment course.