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Specialty offers a broad spectrum
of assays to serve oncologists, pathologists and other cancer
specialists, such as urologists, gynecologic oncologists,
breast surgeons and general surgeons. These assays cover a
diverse range of testing important for initial diagnosis,
staging, sentinel lymph node evaluation, treatment response,
therapeutic monitoring and long term disease status.
For diseases such as multiple myeloma, lymphoma, chronic myelogenous
leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML-M3), melanoma,
bladder cancer, colon cancer and cervical cancer and other
gynecologic tumors we offer a wide array of specific assays
which may be identified under specific subject headings.
Bone Marrow Testing
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Flow
cytometry immunophenotyping |
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Cytogenetics
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Interphase
cytogenetics (FISH) for specific translocations, deletions
and trisomies |
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State-of-the-art
molecular assays (RT-PCR) for quantitative therapeutic
monitoring and minimal residual disease detection |
Breast Cancer
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HER-2/neu
assessment by immunohistochemistry and FISH, and serum
HER-2/neu for treatment monitoring |
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Immunohistochemistry
stains ER, PR, HER-2/neu, may be ordered with
Ki67, p53 or DNA ploidy analysis as a panel which provides
the ordering physician a custom report with histograms |
Immunohistochemistry
For pathologists in community and university settings our
expanding immunohistochemistry (IHC) menu offers alternatives
to meet your needs:
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"Stain
only" IHC, stain plus interpretation of IHC |
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IHC stains
for common diagnostic panels |
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Individual
IHC stains for uncommon requests that may not be available
in house |
Ease-of-use
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Custom
requisitions for busy clinics and hospitals provide
tailored lists of assays common to specific settings
for physician use |
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Packaged
shipping kits which may be used for either courier or
airborne shipping of bone marrow, blood, and tissue
block samples |
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