“…Moreover, DNA content may be heterogeneous within discrete areas of a tumor (7,8,2 1,38), and in premalignant lesions DNA aneuploidy may be present in specific topographic regions of the tissue (own unpublished observations), which stresses the necessity to quantify DNA ploidy in the context of tissue architecture. DNA image cytometry (ICM), which permits morphological selection of cells, has been shown to be particularly useful for detection of rare event cells and polyploid populations (14). The use of this method in cytological preparations (smears, imprints) is widely accepted.…”