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Applications of Morphometry in Tumour Pathology

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A Manual of Morphometry in Diagnostic Pathology

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The main problem in this type of work is distinguishing between clinical benign lesions and potential malignant or malignant growth. The lesions usually show histologically or cytologically a continuous spectrum from benign to malignant (see sections 2.1,2.5 and 4.3)

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Oort, J., Baak, J.P.A., Boon, M.E., Meijer, C.J.L.M., van der Valk, P. (1983). Applications of Morphometry in Tumour Pathology. In: A Manual of Morphometry in Diagnostic Pathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74823-3_6

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