Venous perfusion and intravenous dissection for fixation, evaluation and staging of renal tumours in nephrectomy specimens

Invasion of renal cell carcinoma into the renal vein has a detrimental effect on the prognosis as this is an important tumour dissemination route. Determination of renal vein invasion is vital to accurate pathological staging. The purpose of this study is to determine if perfusing with formalin and...

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Main Author: Bergen, Rebecca
Other Authors: Gibson, Ian (Pathology)
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4925