[Histonet] Re: thickness of slides

2012-09-19 Thread Bob Richmond
Diana McCaig asks for >>your protocol for cutting prostate needle core biopsies.how many spares you cut and do you designate the level on the slide label if multiple levels are submitted on one slide?<< I worked in one of the big prostate labs for a while, and this is what they use, and what I

[Histonet] RE: thickness of slides

2012-09-18 Thread Vanessa Perez
Routine at 4, lymph nodes/bone marrows at 2, GI/prostate at 3 Prostate we cut 3 shallow levels. pick up 2 extra slides from the second level as unstained which get used for p63/PIN cocktail (p504s/p63) if requested Each slide has one level...2 sections per slide Vanessa -Original

[Histonet] RE: thickness of slides

2012-09-18 Thread Rathborne, Toni
4 microns and 3 for lymph nodes. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Diana McCaig Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:00 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] thickness of