Overinterpretation is common in pathological diagnosis of appendix cancer during patient referral for oncologic care

• Mark A. Valasek ,

  * E-mail: mvalasek@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1721-3451

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• Irene Thung,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Esha Gollapalle,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Alexey A. Hodkoff,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Kaitlyn J. Kelly,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Joel M. Baumgartner,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Vera Vavinskaya,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Grace Y. Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Ann P. Tipps,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Mojgan V. Hosseini,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Andrew M. Lowy

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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