Specimen Shrinkage and Its Influence on Margin Assessment in Breast Cancer
The determination of tumour-free margin in breast cancer is crucial in deciding subsequent patient management. To exemplify the phenomenon of margin contraction during specimen preparation for histopathological analysis, we quantified the shrinkage of breast specimens as a result of formalin fixatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958408600202 |