Availability and quality of paraffin blocks identified in pathology archives: a multi-institutional study by the Shared Pathology Informatics Network (SPIN).

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Published in BMC Cancer on February 28, 2007

Authors

Ashokkumar A Patel1, Dilipkumar Gupta, David Seligson, Eyas M Hattab, Ulysses J Balis, Thomas M Ulbright, Isaac S Kohane, Jules J Berman, John R Gilbertson, Sarah Dry, Osvaldo Schirripa, Hong Yu, Michael J Becich, Anil V Parwani, Shared Pathology Informatics Network

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Center for Pathology Informatics, Benedum Oncology Informatics Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. patelaa@upmc.edu <patelaa@upmc.edu>

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