Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with carcinoma of the distal extrahepatic bile ducts.

Authors Laura H.Tang, MD, PhD* Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Jordan Berlin, MD Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Philip Branton, MD Department of Pathology, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA Lawrence J. Burgart, MD Allina Laboratories, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN David K. Carter, MD Department of Pathology, St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic Health System, Duluth, MN Carolyn C. Compton, MD, PhD Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ Patrick Fitzgibbons, MD Department of Pathology, St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA Wendy L. Frankel, MD Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH John Jessup, MD Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Sanjay Kakar, MD Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA Bruce Minsky, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Raouf Nakhleh, MD Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Kay Washington, MD, PhD† Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN For the Members of the Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists