| Methodology: |
Qualitative Immunohistochemistry
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Mon, Thu
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| Reported: |
Within 5 days
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| Specimen Required: |
Collect: Tumor tissue from colon carcinoma.
Specimen Preparation: Formalin fix (10% neutral buffered formalin is preferred) and paraffin embed specimen. If sending precut slides, do not oven bake. Transport tissue block or 15 five micron unstained slides. (Min: 12 slides) Protect paraffin block and/or slides from excessive heat.
Storage/Transport Temperature: Room temperature or refrigerated. Ship in cooled container during summer months
Remarks: Only tissue that is clearly carcinoma (established by histological criteria) should be tested. Include surgical pathology report.
Unacceptable Conditions: Frozen specimens. Specimens fixed or processed in alternative fixatives (alcohol, Prefer®) or heavy metal fixatives (B-4 or B-5). Depleted or no tumor in tissue. Depleted specimens. Specimens submitted with non-representative tissue type.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Paraffin block: Ambient: Indefinitely; Refrigerated: Indefinitely; Frozen: Unacceptable
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