the Lean lab: The Industry Challenge

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The same lack of technical improvements applies to various different steps along the histopathological processing. Tissue fixation is still conducted manually and with the use of formaldehyde originally proposed by…

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Marrow Work-up: Report of a Pilot Study

Oct 9, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Marrow Work-up: Report of a Pilot Study

Fig. 1 Morphological evaluation of two differently processed parts of a bone marrow trephine biopsy (H&E). a, c Fixation in 10 % neutral buffered formalin (NBF) at room temperature (RT) for at…

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Processing of Native Tissue in Breast Pathology

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Indications and contraindications for a frozen section in mammapathology  Applicable Non-applicable Clarification of dignity in preoperative uncertain situations (e.g., multicentricity) +  Clarification of representativeness (dense breast parenchyma, dislocation of wire…

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Pre-analytical Phase in Surgical Pathology

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Fig. 1 Sequence of the pre-analytical steps. From the surgical theaters, tissue specimens are transferred to Pathological Anatomy. Grossing is immediately followed by fixation and paraffin embedding. After sectioning of the…

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in Lung Cancer

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Tumor location Method Material Central tumor with bronchial contact Bronchoscopy Conventional bronchial biopsy Bronchial cryobiopsy Brush cytology Bronchoalveolar lavage Peripheral tumor Bronchoscopy  Transbronchial biopsy Transbronchial cryobiopsy Transbronchial needle aspiration Brush…

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Quality in Fresh-Frozen Gastrointestinal Tumor Specimens—Experiences from the Tumor and Healthy Tissue Bank TU Dresden

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Fig. 1 Flowchart of processes in the acquisition of specimens prior to sample analysis. This study focuses on sampling of tissue specimens fresh-frozen with entry at pathology Biorepositories, tissue, and sample…

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Evolution of Pre-analytic Factors in Anatomic Pathology

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Manfred Dietel, Christian Wittekind, Gianni Bussolati and Moritz von Winterfeld (eds.)Pre-Analytics of Pathological Specimens in OncologyRecent Results in Cancer Research19910.1007/978-3-319-13957-9_3 The Evolution of Pre-analytic Factors in Anatomic Pathology Stephen M. Hewitt1   (1) Laboratory of…

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