QUICK METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING AND PROCESSING CANCER-CELLS FROM SEROUS FLUIDS AND FINE-NEEDLE NODULE ASPIRATES

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (4) , 596-599
Abstract
A quick method of concentrating human cancer cells and the preparation of cytological slides from body fluids and aspirates is described, using a single Ficoll gradient and cytocentrifuge. The method eliminates the disadvantages of conventional techniques, i.e., excess contamination by erythrocyte or leukocyte blood cells and a scarcity of cancer cells. Because the technique is simple and requires only standard cytotechnological equipment, it can be easily adopted as an aid to diagnostic routine in cancer cytology.