Effect of freezing on histologic grading of invasive ductal breast cancer

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Kronqvist, Pauliina ^a   Kuopio, Teijo ^b   Collan, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Formalin; Frozen sections; Histocytologic preparation techniques; Tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITOTIC INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0037326844     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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