The effect of tissue fixation and processing on breast cancer size

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 756-760

  Pritt, Bobbi ^a   Tessitore, Joseph J ^a   Weaver, Donald L ^a   Blaszyk, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Fixation; Formalin; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 23444431971     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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