title: Absorption cytometric DNA analysis of sections of gastric carcinomas and a comparison with cytofluorometry of single-cell suspensions and flow cytometry.
abstract: Measurements were made of cellular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content in paraffin-embedded materials from 44 gastric carcinomas, using three different methods; static cytometric light absorbance technique using tissue sections (SCM-abs), static cytometric fluorescence technique using single-cell suspensions (SCM-flu), and flow cytometry (FCM). The DNA ploidy determined by SCM-abs was grouped into low or high ploidy according to dispersion on the DNA histogram, and the DNA ploidy determined by SCM-flu and FCM was grouped into diploidy or aneuploidy, according to the peak DNA value. Accord between SCM-abs and SCM-flu or between SCM-abs and FCM was confirmed when low ploidy by SCM-abs showed diploidy by SCM-flu or FCM and high ploidy by SCM-abs showed aneuploidy by SCM-flu or FCM. An incomplete but good accord of DNA ploidy was obtained with these methods.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000737:chemistry*; D002469:Cell Separation; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011003:Ploidies; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; C007722:Feulgen stain; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes