Pre-Analytics of pathological specimens in oncology /
This book presents an overview of the most important current developments in the pre-analytical handling of tissue. It addresses in particular potential ways to improve the situation whereby methods employed in the pre-analytical phase - the period from surgical removal of tissue to the start of pat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Series: | Recent Results in Cancer Research,
199 |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view the full text content |
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| Summary: | This book presents an overview of the most important current developments in the pre-analytical handling of tissue. It addresses in particular potential ways to improve the situation whereby methods employed in the pre-analytical phase - the period from surgical removal of tissue to the start of pathological processing - have remained essentially unchanged for decades with only modest standardization. It is examined how the pre-analytical period can be optimized, resulting not only in an increase in diagnostic quality but also in a reduction in processing time and costs. Among the key topics examined are the so-called cold ischemia time between tissue removal and fixation, the potential superiority of vacuum-based preservation over immediate formalin fixation, two-temperature fixation, molecular analysis methods, and the pre-analytics of specimens from particular tissues. Readers will find this book to be an important update that reveals the full importance of the pre-analytical phase for quality of pathological work-up. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VI, 133 pages) 65 illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour. |
| ISBN: | 9783319139579 |
| ISSN: | 0080-0015 ; |