I thought this review article on Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Is an Alternative Source of High Quality Archival Samples in Biobanking, written by Sani Abubakar Malami (© 2011), published in the ISRN Pathology was an interesting discussion. Those of us in the field of cytopathology are facing a challenge with respect to the reshaping of our [...]
How-To: Protocol for Determination of HER-2 Status on FNAC Material
April 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
While I was reading the abstract about a protocol for ICC and ISH on cytologic smears that I recently posted, I was curious whether there were some additional articles regarding HER-2 staining specifically for breast carcinoma. This article below is by the same authors out of Norway, published in 2010. If you have particular articles [...]
How-To: Protocol for ICC and ISH on Cytological Smears
April 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Establishing a protocol for immunocytochemical staining and chromogenic in situ hybridization of Giemsa and Diff-Quick prestained cytological smears Elsa Beraki, Thale Kristin Olsen, Torill Sauer CytoJournal 2012 9(1):8-8 Background: Protocols for immunocytochemical staining (ICC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) of air-dried Diff-Quick or May-Grunwald Giemsa (MGG)-stained smears have been difficult to establish. An increasing need [...]
Testicular touch preparation cytology in the evaluation of male infertility
April 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Isil Z Yildiz-Aktas, Sara E Monaco, Walid E Khalbuss, Anil V Parwani, Thomas M Jaffe, Liron Pantanowitz CytoJournal 2011 8(1):24-24 Background: Male infertility is traditionally evaluated by tissue core biopsies of the testes. Touch preparations (TP) of these biopsies have been infrequently used. The aim of this study is to report our experience with using [...]
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