Rapid-Response, Molecular-Friendly Surgical Pathology: A Radical Departure from the Century-Old Routine Practice

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Morales, Azorides R ^a   Nadji, Mehrdad ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY; TISSUE PROCESSING; TURNAROUND TIME;

AUTOMATION; BIOPSY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; RNA, NEOPLASM; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 49749122669     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.01.070     Document Type: Article

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