Sentence examples for operation specimen from inspiring English sources

In the following, the lymph node containing tissue of the predominant metastatic region (usually level II or III) was mobilized, until the operation specimen could be rotated carefully.

Macroscopic examination of the operation specimen from the terminal ileum showed an ulcerated tumor with a maximum diameter of 4.5 cm.

Using our approach, we could not investigate the best responders (MP5) after chemotherapy because inherently no tumor tissue was left to measure IGF-1R in the operation specimen.

Treatment with zoledronic acid had no influence on the IGF-1R expression in the operation specimen after treatment (P = 0.620) nor on diminished IGF-1R expression during treatment (P = 0.830) (data not shown).

Patients who after six cycles had persistently elevated tumour markers, although reduced compared to the pretreatment values, and/or who had residual vital malignant tumour in the operation specimen belonged to the category of incomplete response.

All biopsies and operation specimens were classified by a pathologist according to the World Health Organisation guidelines.

At 3, 6, 12, and 24 weeks after operation, specimens from the growth plates of both femora were analyzed using radiographic, microradiographic, histological, and histomorphometric techniques.

Central review of operation specimens was performed according to Dutch guidelines.

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue samples of prechemotherapy biopsies and operation specimens were collected for analysis of IGF-1R expression using immunohistochemistry (IHC).

However, the absence of IGF-1R expression (45 %) after treatment in the postchemotherapy operation specimens was associated with a better pathological response comparing ordinal MP classification response in univariate analysis (OR 2.60, 95%% CI 1.31 5.18, P = 0.006 ) (Fig.  3).

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples of pre-chemotherapy biopsies and operation specimens were collected for analysis of IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) expression (n = 216) and for analysis of 8 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes of the IGF-1 pathway (n = 184) using OpenArray® RealTime PCR.