| Specimen Required: | Endoscopy biopsies placed in separate nuncs containing minimum essential media (MEM) plus 10% fetal calf serum and 10% DMSO. (If you are using your own transport media, which does not contain DMSO, do not freeze.)
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| Handling: | It is important not to have the biopsies at room temperature during or after the endoscopy or during shipment.. Exposure to room temperature can result in degradation, which can lead to false-positive aneuploid cell populations in the biopsies.
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| labeling: | The label on each nunc should include the patient name, identification number, and location of the biopsy site (in centimeters from the incisors).
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| Shipping: | Ship the same day on wet ice.
Ship overnight on dry ice.
A Phone call to notify laboratory of shipment is appreciated. Please do not ship for weekend or holiday delivery.
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| Pathology Service Request Form Required: | |
| Flow Cytometry DNA Analysis Report: | Report contains analysis results including histogram interpretation and supporting literature references.
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| Process Time: | 4 days from receipt.
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| Fee: | |
| Flow Cytometry Laboratory: | | Location: | University of Washington Medical Center
Room NW-110
| Contact for technical assistance:
| (206) 598-6415
| | Contact for interpretation assistance: | Peter Rabinovitch, M.D., Ph.D., Director
(206) 685-3761
e-mail: petersr@u.washington.edu
| | Clinician's contact for endoscopy guidelines: | Brian J. Reid, M.D., Ph.D., (206) 667-4522 | |
