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Cell pellet from fixative medium of transbronchial lung biopsy sample improves lung cancer ancillary test.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jan 2023
Jiang Juhong, Tang Chunli, Li Yuqin, Lin Zeyun, Li Zhi, Zhou Chengzhi, Gu Yingying, He Ping, Tang Qing, Zhang Yuxin, Deng Qiuhua, Ge Yimin, Liang Wenhua, He Jianxing
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OBJECTIVES: Lung cancer tissue obtained using small biopsies are relatively fragile, leaving behind some tiny tissue fragments or cell clusters in the fixative medium that are difficult to collect for processing as a paraffin-embedded tissue block. Usually, the cellular component of the residual fixative medium is discarded as medical waste as per routine laboratory protocol. No protocol exists for utilizing the...
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