title: [Histological and cytopathological cancer specimens: good practice in operating room].
abstract: Concerning good practice for the management of histological cancer specimen, the main recommendations concern: (1) the quality of transmission in information between professionals; (2) the necessity of fresh, unfractionated, oriented surgical samples; (3) the importance of an appropriate storage condition for samples collected for extemporaneous examination, freezing or cell culture; (4) the quality of the deep freezer at temperatures of -80 degrees C or liquid nitrogen for frozen samples storage; (5) the importance of fixing tissues shortly after sample collection in buffered Formal solution in order to prevent cell lysis.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie, centre G.-F.-Leclerc, 1, rue du Professeur-Marion, BP 77980, 21079 Dijon cedex, France. lbenoit@dijon.fnclcc.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Favoulet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnould
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraisse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cuisenier
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016707:Tissue Fixation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards