A descriptive analysis of gastric cancer specimen processing techniques

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Mahar, Alyson L ^a,b   Qureshi, Alia P ^c   Ottensmeyer, C Andrea ^a   Pollett, Aaron ^d   Wright, Frances C ^a,c   Coburn, Natalie G ^a,c   Chetty, Runjan ^c  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOLOGIST; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR INVASION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952023515     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21827     Document Type: Article

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