Re: PROSTATE BIOPSY PROTOCOL

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From:Brown Alexander <AlexB@nayrshire.scot.nhs.uk>
To:HistoNet <HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu>
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Date:Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:44:00 +0100
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Ditto for us.  Thanks Katri, you saved me a lot of extra typing.
	Alex Brown
	Crosshouse Hospital
	Kilmarnock, Scotland.
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From: Katri Tuomala
To: BAKER.ONALY_R@TAMPA.VA.GOV
Cc: HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: PROSTATE BIOPSY PROTOCOL
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 5:02AM

Hi,
We receive prostate biopsies in 6 separate containers. Our routine is to
cut three levels each for H&E (the levels are cut almost serially, since
these needle biopsies are very thin). Cytokeratin 903 (or clone 34BE12)
is cut and done only when the pathologist requests it.
Katri

Katri Tuomala
Anatomic Pathology
St.Joseph's Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada



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