Preanalytic specimen triage: Smears, cell blocks, cytospin preparations, transport media, and cytobanking
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DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21850
Abstract: With increasing requests for the evaluation of prognostic and predictive molecular biomarkers, great attention must be paid to the preanalytical issues regarding sample quality and DNA/RNA yield from all different types of cytological preparations. The… read more here.
Keywords: specimen triage; dna rna; preanalytic specimen; cytology ... See more keywords
Evidence‐based adequacy criteria for instrumented urine cytology using cytospin preparations
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DOI: 10.1002/dc.23890
Abstract: Cytospin preparations of instrumented urine cytology specimens with less than 10 urothelial cells or more than 50 urothelial cells/10 hpfs are both associated with significantly increased false negative rates compared to cases with 10‐49 urothelial… read more here.
Keywords: evidence based; urothelial cells; instrumented urine; urine cytology ... See more keywords