US Biomax, Inc.

T343

Head & Neck cancer tissue array, including TNM, clinical stage and pathology grade, 6 cases/24 cores

Microarray Panel:Head & Neck carcinoma tissue microarray, containing 2 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 1 each of papillar carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinoma, quadruple cores per case
Cores:24
Cases:6
Layout:6 cols × 4 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

 
Slide Label: US Biomax, Inc. Tissue Array
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A Thr Low Low Thr Low Low  
B Sal Pal Par Sal Pal Par  
C Thr Low Low Thr Low Low  
D Sal Pal Par Sal Pal Par Marked point
Legend: Low - Lower lip, Pal - Palate, Par - Parotid gland, Sal - Salivary gland, Thr - Thyroid

- Malignant tumor, - Malignant tumor (stage I), - Malignant tumor (stage II), - Malignant tumor (stage III), - Malignant tumor (stage IVa)

Specification Sheet

Pos No. Sex Age Organ Pathology diagnosis Grade Stage TNM Type †
A1 1 F 19 Thyroid Papillar carcinoma I T3N1M0 Malignant
A2 2 M 58 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 1 I T1N0M0 Malignant
A3 3 M 60 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 2 III T2N1M0 Malignant
A4 4 F 19 Thyroid Papillar carcinoma I T3N1M0 Malignant
A5 5 M 58 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 1–2 I T1N0M0 Malignant
A6 6 M 60 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 2 III T2N1M0 Malignant
B1 7 M 58 Salivary gland Adenocarcinoma 3 IVa T2N2M0 Malignant
B2 8 M 64 Palate Adenoid cystic carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
B3 9 M 24 Parotid gland Undifferentiated carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
B4 10 M 58 Salivary gland Adenocarcinoma 3 IVa T2N2M0 Malignant
B5 11 M 64 Palate Adenoid cystic carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
B6 12 M 24 Parotid gland Undifferentiated carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
C1 13 F 19 Thyroid Papillar carcinoma I T3N1M0 Malignant
C2 14 M 58 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 1 I T1N0M0 Malignant
C3 15 M 60 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 2 III T2N1M0 Malignant
C4 16 F 19 Thyroid Papillar carcinoma I T3N1M0 Malignant
C5 17 M 58 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 1–2 I T1N0M0 Malignant
C6 18 M 60 Lower lip Squamous cell carcinoma 2 III T2N1M0 Malignant
D1 19 M 58 Salivary gland Adenocarcinoma 3 IVa T2N2M0 Malignant
D2 20 M 64 Palate Adenoid cystic carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
D3 21 M 24 Parotid gland Undifferentiated carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
D4 22 M 58 Salivary gland Adenocarcinoma 3 IVa T2N2M0 Malignant
D5 23 M 64 Palate Adenoid cystic carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
D6 24 M 24 Parotid gland Undifferentiated carcinoma II T2N0M0 Malignant
M 42 Adrenal gland Pheochromocytoma (tissue marker) 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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