Cytopathology smears from autopsies: A viable storage method for molecular analysis.

Lucas HoelzArya MesgaryEduardo AcharMarcela GimenezMauro Ajaj Saieg

Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2020)

Archived air-dried smears scraped from tumoural lesions in autopsies have proven to yield a good concentration of quality DNA for conventional PCR, with better results than formalin-fixed paraffin embedded material.

Keyphrases

circulating tumor
cell free
single molecule
quality improvement
fine needle aspiration
real time pcr
circulating tumor cells