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A method is presented to evaluate the influence of statistical errors and inherent variation on the determination of mitotic and labelling indices of human tumours. In most of the experiments reported here, sufficient cells were counted to yield a statistical error which is small in comparison to the inherent differences in the proliferative indices, both between different sites in the same tumour and between different tumours of the same histological type. These inherent fluctuations are, theefore, a critical factor in cell kinetic studies of human tumours.
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Aherne, W., Camplejohn, R., Al-Wiswasy, M. et al. Assessment of inherent fluctuations of mitotic and labelling indices of human tumours. Br J Cancer 36, 577–582 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1977.234
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