US Biomax, Inc.

PR243

Prostate cancer and normal tissue array, with stage and grade info, 12 cases/24 cores, replaced by PR243a

Microarray Panel:Prostatic carcinoma and normal tissue microarray, containing 6 cases of adenocarcinoma, 6 adjacent normal tissue, duplicate cores per case
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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C Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Marked point
Legend: Pro - Prostate

- Malignant tumor, - NAT

Specification Sheet

Pos No. Sex Age Organ Pathology diagnosis Grade Gleason Grade Gleason Score TNM Type †
A1 1 M 69 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 3 4 3+4 T2NxM0 Malignant
A2 2 M 69 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 3 4 3+5 T2NxM0 Malignant
A3 3 M 73 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue (hyperplasia) NAT
A4 4 M 73 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue (hyperplasia) NAT
A5 5 M 60 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 1 2 2+1 T4N1M1c Malignant
A6 6 M 60 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 1 2 2+1 T4N1M1c Malignant
A7 7 M 77 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue (sparse) NAT
A8 8 M 77 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
B1 9 M 64 Prostate Adenocarcinoma (prostatic tissue) T2NxM0 Malignant
B2 10 M 64 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2 2 2+3 T2NxM0 Malignant
B3 11 M 27 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
B4 12 M 27 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
B5 13 M 64 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2–3 3 3+4 T3NxM1b Malignant
B6 14 M 64 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2–3 3 3+4 T3NxM1b Malignant
B7 15 M 84 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue (hyperplasia) NAT
B8 16 M 84 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue (hyperplasia) NAT
C1 17 M 75 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 1 1 1+2 T2N1M1c Malignant
C2 18 M 75 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 1 1 1+3 T2N1M1c Malignant
C3 19 M 80 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
C4 20 M 80 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
C5 21 M 75 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2 3 3+3 T4N1M1b Malignant
C6 22 M 75 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2 3 3+4 T4N1M1b Malignant
C7 23 M 21 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
C8 24 M 21 Prostate Cancer adjacent normal prostatic tissue NAT
M 58 Skin Malignant melanoma (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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