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Assessment of paraffin removal from prostate FFPE sections using transmission mode FTIR-FPA imaging

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The effectiveness of the solvents xylene and hexane as dewaxing agents, for the preparation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) clinical tissue sections is evaluated and a protocol suitable for infrared spectral pathology suggested.

Source: Analytical Methods

DOI: 10.1039/c3ay41308j

Authors: Caryn Hughes, Lydia Gaunt, Michael Brown, Noel W. Clarke, Peter Gardner

Institutions: Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal Hospital, The Christie Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Subfield: Biophysics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Award: Infrared Imaging for Diagnosis and Prediction of the Biopotental of Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer

OpenAlex ID: W1973489965

FWCI: 2.917

Cites: 30

Cited by: 59

Related to: 10