Banking of fresh-frozen prostate tissue using the alternate mirror image protocol: Methods, validation, and impact on the pathological prognostic parameters in radical prostatectomy

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-638

  Brimo, Fadi ^a   Sircar, Kanishka ^b   Chevalier, Simone ^c   Saad, Fred ^d   Lacombe, Louis ^e   Têtu, Bernard ^e   Scarlata, Eleanora ^c   Aprikian, Armen ^a,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Banking; Cancer; Concordance; Margins; Method; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; FREEZING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE BANKS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84870301051     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-011-9284-y     Document Type: Article

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