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A Prospective Assessment Defining the Limitations of Thyroid Nodule Pathologic Evaluation by CIBAS, Edmund S, BALOCH, Zubair W, LANMAN, Richard B, MANDEL, Susan J, SINDY, Nicole, STEWARD, David L, ZEIGER, Martha A, HAUGEN, Bryan R, ALEXANDER, Erik K, FELLEGARA, Giovanni, LIVOLSI, Virginia A, RAAB, Stephen S, ROSAI, Juan, DIGGANS, James, FRIEDMAN, Lyssa, KENNEDY, Giulia C, KLOOS, Richard T

“…Clinical management of thyroid neoplasms is based on light microscopic diagnosis, but its accuracy and precision are poorly defined. To assess inter- and…”
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Interpretive Diagnostic Error Reduction in Surgical Pathology and Cytology: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center and the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology by Nakhleh, Raouf E, Nosé, Vania, Colasacco, Carol, Fatheree, Lisa A, Lillemoe, Tamera J, McCrory, Douglas C, Meier, Frederick A, Otis, Christopher N, Owens, Scott R, Raab, Stephen S, Turner, Roderick R, Ventura, Christina B, Renshaw, Andrew A

“…Additional reviews of diagnostic surgical and cytology cases have been shown to detect diagnostic discrepancies. To develop, through a systematic review of the…”
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Discrepancies in dermatopathology diagnoses: The role of second review policies and dermatopathology fellowship training by Gaudi, Sudeep, MD, Zarandona, J. Manuel, MD, Raab, Stephen S., MD, English, Joseph C., MD, Jukic, Drazen M., MD, PhD

“…Background Expert consultation and institutional policies mandating second review of pathologic diagnoses in the course of referral have been advocated to…”
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Error detection in anatomic pathology by Zarbo, Richard J, Meier, Frederick A, Raab, Stephen S

“…To define the magnitude of error occurring in anatomic pathology, to propose a scheme to classify such errors so their influence on clinical outcomes can be…”
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Effectiveness of Rapid Prescreening and 10% Rescreening in Liquid-Based Papanicolaou Testing by CURRENS, Heather S, NEJKAUF, Katharine, WAGNER, Lynn, RAAB, Stephen S

“…Although rapid prescreening (RPS) has been shown to be an effective quality control procedure for detecting false-negative conventional Papanicolaou (Pap)…”
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Indications for thyroid FNA and pre-FNA requirements: A synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference by Cibas, Edmund S., Alexander, Erik K., Benson, Carol B., de Agustín, Pedro Patricio, Doherty, Gerard M., Faquin, William C., Middleton, William D., Miller, Theodore, Raab, Stephen S., White, Matthew L., Mandel, Susan J.

“…The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the NCI Thyroid Fine‐Needle Aspiration (FNA) State of the Science Conference on October 22–23, 2007 in Bethesda,…”
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Preoperative Diagnosis of Benign Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology by Alexander, Erik K, Kennedy, Giulia C, Baloch, Zubair W, Cibas, Edmund S, Chudova, Darya, Diggans, James, Friedman, Lyssa, Kloos, Richard T, LiVolsi, Virginia A, Mandel, Susan J, Raab, Stephen S, Rosai, Juan, Steward, David L, Walsh, P. Sean, Wilde, Jonathan I, Zeiger, Martha A, Lanman, Richard B, Haugen, Bryan R

“…A significant fraction of fine-needle aspirates obtained from thyroid nodules are read as indeterminate. A new molecular test accurately predicts whether a…”
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Clinical Faceoff: Should Routine Histopathological Analysis be Performed on Specimens Obtained During Primary Arthroplasty Surgery? by Raab, Stephen S, Bauer, Thomas W, Rolfson, Ola

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Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocarcinoma by Dabbs, David J, Landreneau, Rodney J, Liu, Yulin, Raab, Stephen S, Maley, Richard H, Tung, Ming Y, Silverman, Jan F

“…Background. The distinction between primary adenocarcinoma and metastatic breast carcinoma in the lung is important for therapeutic purposes. There is a good…”
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Measuring Quality in Anatomic Pathology by Raab, Stephen S., MD, Grzybicki, Dana Marie, MD, PhD

“…This article focuses mainly on diagnostic accuracy in measuring quality in anatomic pathology, noting that measuring any quality metric is complex and…”
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Interobserver Variability in the Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Diagnosis of Follicular Lesions of the Thyroid Gland by Clary, Karen M., Condel, Jennifer L., Liu, Yulin, Johnson, Douglas R., Grzybicki, Dana M., Raab, Stephen S.

“…To study the degree of interobserver variability in the interpretation of fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies of the thyroid, specifically in the…”
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The “Big Dog” Effect: Variability Assessing the Causes of Error in Diagnoses of Patients With Lung Cancer by RAAB, Stephen S, MEIER, Frederick A, ZARBO, Richard J, JENSEN, D. Chris, GEISINGER, Kim R, BOOTH, Christine N, KRISHNAMURTI, Uma, STONE, Chad H, JANOSKY, Janine E, GRZYBICKI, Dana M

“…The frequency of diagnostic error in patients who have a lung mass and a pathology specimen is as high as 15%. This study examined the role of…”
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Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of patient and specimen identification errors at 120 institutions by Valenstein, Paul N, Raab, Stephen S, Walsh, Molly K

“…Misidentified laboratory specimens may cause patient injury, but their frequency in general laboratory practice is unknown. To determine (1) the frequency of…”
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Human papillomavirus screening for low and middle-income countries by Suba, Eric J, Zarka, Matthew A, Raab, Stephen S

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Variability of practice in anatomic pathology and its effect on patient outcomes by Raab, Stephen S

“…Variability in the delivery of medical care negatively affects patient outcomes and contributes to escalating health care costs. Such heterogeneity exists on…”
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Quality in Cancer Diagnosis by Raab, Stephen S., Grzybicki, Dana M.

“…Improving the quality of oncologic pathology diagnosis is immensely important as the overwhelming majority of the approximately 1.6 million patients who will…”
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Expression of cytokeratin by malignant meningiomas: diagnostic pitfall of cytokeratin to separate malignant meningiomas from metastatic carcinoma by Liu, Yulin, Sturgis, Charles D, Bunker, Mark, Saad, Reda S, Tung, Ming, Raab, Stephen S, Silverman, Jan F

“…Based on clinical and histologic features, differentiating metastatic carcinomas from benign or malignant meningiomas usually is not difficult. Occasionally,…”
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The cost-effectiveness of immunohistochemistry by Raab, S S

“…To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of immunohistochemistry. Using a theoretical decision analytic model, the cost-effectiveness of immunohistochemistry was…”
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The Effect of a Lean Quality Improvement Implementation Program on Surgical Pathology Specimen Accessioning and Gross Preparation Error Frequency by SMITH, Maxwell L, WILKERSON, Trent, GRZYBICKI, Dana M, RAAB, Stephen S

“…Few reports have documented the effectiveness of Lean quality improvement in changing anatomic pathology patient safety. We used Lean methods of education;…”
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Cervical cancer mortality in India by Suba, Eric J, Raab, Stephen S

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