Role of the surgical pathology laboratory in the pre-analytical approach of molecular biology techniques;Rôle du laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique dans l'approche pré-analytique des examens de biologie moléculaire réalisés en pathologie tumorale

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Hofman, Véronique ^a,b   Ilie, Marius ^a,b   Gavric Tanga, Virginie ^b   Lespinet, Virgine ^b   Mari, Mireille ^a   Lassalle, Sandra ^a,b   Butori, Catherine ^a,b   Coelle, Céline ^b   Bordone, Olivier ^b   Selva, Eric ^b   Lamy, Aude ^c   Sabourin, Jean Christophe ^c   Hofman, Paul ^a,b  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

DNA; Fixative; Frozen specimen; Molecular biology; RNA; Tissue

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER SURGERY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FREEZING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RNA EXTRACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952573812     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2010.03.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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