less person on Monday.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Diana McCaig
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 11:15 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Breast processing times
My personal experience is that formalin fixation for 72 hours (and longer) does
not affect immunoreactivity for ER, PR, and HER2 protein overexpression as long
as the tissue does not dry-out before being placed in formalin and thin
(2-3 mm) sections are submitted for fixation and histologic
Can you please give me your routine for processing breast cases over the
weekend. Do you extend the time in alcohol to achieve the 48 hour
maximum, call someone in over the weekend, or just indicate on the
patient report that the fixation extended beyond the 48 hours limit for
HER 2, 72 hours for
Breast Processing: Looking to set up a breast protocol on our Sakura VIP
processor. Looking for times/duration of specific solutions and types of
solutions used (ie. PEN-FIX).
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