Tyrosinase immunoreactivity in fine-needle aspiration samples of metastatic malignant melanoma: Fixation methods yield variable results

Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 252-257

  Fetsch, Patricia A ^a   Riker, Adam I ^a   Marincola, Francesco M ^a   Abati, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Immunocytochemistry; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ACETONE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CENTRIFUGATION; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0034714264     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000825)90:4<252::AID-CNCR9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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