[Histonet] RE: Prostate Needle Bx

[Shirley A. Powell]

I have discovered a wonderful cassette from Cancer Diagnostics, it is called the Autocassette and has an oval concave cavity with no corners for small pieces of tissue to get caught in and the solutions pass through it very nicely.  I use it for small research samples, like shrimp gills similar in size to the prostate biopsies, and I lose nothing.  I use the yellow ones, VB1005 but they have other colors and also some with smaller grid.  Highly recommend them.  

Shirley

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Colbert
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:49 AM
To: Histonet Post (histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu)
Subject: [Histonet] Prostate Needle Bx

How do others process prostate needle bx's - what kind of cassettes do you use?  Do you use sponges?  Do you wrap the tissue in lens paper?  Do you process them on a biopsy (short) run?  Our bx's always seem to be less than optimal, but we do not have problems with other small bx's.

Laurie Colbert
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