US Biomax, Inc.

T086b

Breast cancer test tissue array, including TNM, clinical stage and pathology grade, 12 cases/24 cores, replacing T086a

Microarray Panel:Breast invasive ductal carcinoma test tissue microarray, containing 4 cases of breast invasive ductal carcinoma, 2 each of breast medullary carcinoma and mucinous carcinoma, 1 each of breast neuroendocrine carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma, plus 2 normal breast tissue, duplicate cores per case, divided into two identical 12 core arrays for testing different antibody dilutions
Cores:24
Cases:12
Layout:8 cols × 3 rows
Core Diameter:1.5 mm
Thickness:5 µm
Quality Control:Anti-Actin confirmed
Applications:Routine histology procedures including ImmunoHistochemistry (IHC) and In Situ Hybridization (ISH), protocols which can be found on our support page.
Notes:Unless specified, all TMA slides are not coated with extra layer of paraffin (tissue cores can be easily seen on the glass), so there is no need to bake, can be directly put into xylene for de-paraffin procedure.


Microarray Panel Display

 
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A Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre  
B Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre  
C Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Bre Marked point
Legend: Bre - Breast

- Malignant tumor, - Malignant tumor (stage IIIa), - Malignant tumor (stage IIa), - Malignant tumor (stage IIb), - Normal tissue

Specification Sheet

Pos No. Sex Age Organ Pathology diagnosis Grade Stage TNM Type †
A1 1 F 46 Breast Mucinous carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
A2 2 F 47 Breast Mucinous carcinoma IIb T3N0M0 Malignant
A3 3 F 60 Breast Medullary carcinoma IIIa T3N2M0 Malignant
A4 4 F 55 Breast Medullary carcinoma IIb T2N1M0 Malignant
A5 5 F 46 Breast Mucinous carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
A6 6 F 47 Breast Mucinous carcinoma IIb T3N0M0 Malignant
A7 7 F 60 Breast Medullary carcinoma IIIa T3N2M0 Malignant
A8 8 F 55 Breast Medullary carcinoma IIb T2N1M0 Malignant
B1 9 F 50 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 1 IIb T2N1M0 Malignant
B2 10 F 38 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 2 IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
B3 11 F 37 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 3 IIb T3N1M0 Malignant
B4 12 F 53 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 1 IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
B5 13 F 50 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 1 IIb T2N1M0 Malignant
B6 14 F 38 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 2 IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
B7 15 F 37 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 3 IIb T3N1M0 Malignant
B8 16 F 53 Breast Invasive ductal carcinoma 1 IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
C1 17 F 41 Breast Neuroendocrine carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
C2 18 F 52 Breast Invasive lobular carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
C3 19 F 50 Breast Nromal breast duct tissue Normal
C4 20 F 19 Breast Nromal breast tissue Normal
C5 21 F 41 Breast Neuroendocrine carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
C6 22 F 52 Breast Invasive lobular carcinoma IIa T2N0M0 Malignant
C7 23 F 50 Breast Nromal breast tissue (fibrofatty tissue) Normal
C8 24 F 19 Breast Nromal breast tissue Normal
F 55 liver Hepatocellular liver cancer (tissue marker) 3 T3N0M0 Malignant

† For precise diagnosis, refer to pathology description.

**The grade 1-3 (or I-III) in Pathology Diagnosis is equivalent to well-differentiated, moderately-differentiated or poorly differentiated, respectively, under microscope.
Grade 1 or well-differentiated: Cells appear normal and are not growing rapidly.
Grade 2 or moderately-differentiated: Cells appear slightly different than normal.
Grade 3 or poorly differentiated: Cells appear abnormal and tend to grow and spread more aggressively.
Grade 4 or undifferentiated: *(for certain tumors), features are not significantly distinguishing to make it look any different from undifferentiated cancers which occur in other organs.

TNM grading:

T - Primary tumor
Tx - Primary tumor cannot be assessed
T0 - No evidence of primary tumor
Tis - Carcinoma in situ; intraepithelial or invasion of lamina propria
T1 - Tumor invades submucosa
T2 - Tumor invades muscularis propria
T3 - Tumor invades through muscularis propria into subserosa or into non-peritonealized pericolic or perirectal tissues.
T4 - Tumor directly invades other organs or structures and/or perforate visceral peritoneum

N - Regional lymph nodes
Nx - Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed
N0 - No regional lymph node metastasis
N1 - Metastasis in 1 to 3 regional lymph nodes
N2 - Metastasis in 4 or more regional lymph nodes

M - Distant metastasis
Mx - Distant metastasis cannot be assessed
M0 - No distant metastasis
M1 - Distant metastasis

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