Accurate quantification of disseminated tumor cells in hematological samples is of fundamental importance in clinical oncology. However, even highly standardized protocols allow only a rough estimation of the total analyzed cell number, as sample processing may have adverse effects on the number of
Use of automated microscopy for the detection of disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow samples
✍ Scribed by Elin Borgen; Bjørn Naume; Jahn M. Nesland; Kent W. Nowels; Nancy Pavlak; Ilya Ravkin; Simon Goldbard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0196-4763
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