Shrinkage of head and neck cancer specimens after formalin fixation

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 109-113

  Chen, Chih Hon ^a   Hsu, Meng Yu ^a   Jiang, Rong San ^a   Wu, Sheng Heng ^a   Chen, Fun Jou ^b   Liu, Shih An ^a,b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Formalin; Head and neck cancer; Shrinkage; Tumor staging

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOEPIDERMOID TUMOR; ORGAN SIZE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84862782044     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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