Unlocking the molecular archive: The emerging use of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue for biomarker research in urological cancer

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-278

  Gnanapragasam, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; DNA; Formalin fixed; Paraffin embedded; Proteins; RNA; Urological cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PARAFFIN; RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

DNA, NEOPLASM; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEOMICS; RNA, NEOPLASM; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74049134880     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08665.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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