Formalin fixation could interfere with the clinical assessment of the tumor-free margin in tumor surgery: Magnetic resonance imaging-based study

Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Docquier, Pierre Louis ^a   Paul, Laurent ^a   Cartiaux, Olivier ^a   Lecouvet, Frédéric ^a   Dufrane, Denis ^a   Delloye, Christian ^a   Galant, Christine ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Formalin fixation; Specimen flattening; Specimen shrinkage; Tumor free margin

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BONE NEOPLASMS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMA; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77950064191     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000306140     Document Type: Article

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