Evaluation of DNA ploidy and degree of DNA abnormality in benign and malignant melanocytic lesions of the skin using video imaging

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1370-1377

  Pilch, Henryk ^a   Günzel, Susanne ^a   Schäffer, Uwe ^a   Tanner, Berno ^a   Heine, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic relevance; Image cytometry; Melanocytic lesions; Prognostic relevance

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PLOIDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA, NEOPLASM; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEVUS, BLUE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PLOIDIES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0343384275     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000315)88:6<1370::AID-CNCR14>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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