A study of the effect of formalin preservation on normal and cancerous breast tissues using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 932-935

  Changizi, V ^a   Wilkinson, S ^b   Hall, C J ^b   Grossmann, G ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; Formalin; Small angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PATIENT MONITORING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUE; TUMORS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BREAST TUMOR; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SUPRA-MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33746260225     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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