Automated image analysis DNA cytometry in testicular cancer.

doi:10.1007/BF00431543

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Automated image analysis DNA cytometry in testicular cancer.

Urological research - 1 Jan 1994

Bürger R A, Witzsch U, Engel H, Potratz D, Stöckle M

Abstract excerpt

The value of automated DNA cytometry for differentiation of testis cancer was evaluated in 54 seminomas, 13 HCG-positive seminomas, and 48 embryonal carcinomas. Slices of paraffin embedded tissue were enzymatically digested and stained with Feulgen SITS after fixation on glass slides. Automated D...

Topics

Carcinoma, Embryonal
DNA, Neoplasm
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Phenotype
Ploidies
Seminoma
Testicular Neoplasms

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