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Recommendations for the reporting of surgically resected specimens of colorectal carcinoma

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  1. Department of Pathology, McGill University, Duff Medical Building, 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada

    Jeremy R. Jass

  2. Department of Pathology, Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael J. O’Brien

  3. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Robert H. Riddell

  4. Department of Pathology, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN, USA

    Dale C. Snover

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Jass, J.R., O’Brien, M.J., Riddell, R.H. et al. Recommendations for the reporting of surgically resected specimens of colorectal carcinoma. Virchows Arch 450, 1–13 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-006-0302-6

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