Contemporary approaches for processing and handling of radical prostactomy specimens

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Sung, Ming Tse ^a   Cheng, Liang ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathologic staging; Processing protocol; Prostatic neoplasm; Radical prostactomy; Specimen hadling

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STAINING; STANDARD; TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICROTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 75149146134     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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