Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with tumors of the brain/spinal cord: a basis for checklists.

Authors Joseph E. Parisi, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Dylan V. Miller, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Philip J. Boyer, MD, PhD Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Daniel J. Brat, MD, PhD Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia Elizabeth J. Cochran, MD Department of Pathology and Neurologic Science, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Mark L. Cohen, MD Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Bette K. DeMasters, MD Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado David Dolinak, MD Travis County Medical Examiner Office, Austin, Texas Rodney D. McComb, MD Department of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Roger E. McLendon, MD Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Suzanne Z. Powell, MD Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas Richard A. Prayson, MD Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Harry V. Vinters, MD Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Anthony T. Yachnis, MD Department of Pathology, Shands Hospital at University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida For the Members of the Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists