DNA ploidy analysis in breast carcinoma: Comparison of unfixed and fixed tissue analyzed by image and flow cytometry

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-422

  Ottesen, Gyda Lolk ^a,b   Christensen, Ib Jarle ^c   Larsen, Jørgen K ^c   Larsen, Jacob ^c   Christiansen, Jette ^c   Baldetorp, Bo ^d   Linden, Thomas ^d   Hansen, Bodil ^a   Andersen, Johan A ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Flow cytometry; Image cytometry; Ploidies

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; PLOIDIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030868162     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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