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Histologic Quality Control Assessment of Tissue Samples Procured for Research Purposes

Histologic Quality Control Assessment of Tissue Samples Procured for Research Purposes. Procedures used by CHTN Prepared: December 2006 Updated: January 2010. BACKGROUND. The majority of CHTN tissue collection is performed in the context of excess or “leftover” tissue present

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Histologic Quality Control Assessment of Tissue Samples Procured for Research Purposes

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  1. Histologic Quality Control Assessment of Tissue Samples Procured for Research Purposes Procedures used by CHTN Prepared: December 2006 Updated: January 2010

  2. BACKGROUND • The majority of CHTN tissue collection is performed • in the context of excess or “leftover” tissue present • in specimens resected from patients as part of their • routine clinical care • Fresh and frozen tissue samples have matched • tissue samples fixed in formalin and embedded in • paraffin for histologic sectioning

  3. Selection of Tissue for Histologic Quality Control

  4. BACKGROUND (cont.) • Tissue samples are provided to investigators with • pertinent clinicopathologic data obtained from the • surgical pathology report and other clinical records • The histologic slides from the FFPE tissue are • examined for tissue content and agreement with • associated clinicopathologic data by an Anatomic • Pathologist

  5. QUALITY CONTROL DATA COLLECTED • Anatomic site of procured tissue • Tissue classification: • Malignant neoplasm • Neoplasm indeterminate for malignancy • Benign neoplasm or mass • Diseased (non-neoplastic) • Normal

  6. QUALITY CONTROL DATA COLLECTED (cont.) • If malignant neoplasm: • Primary • Recurrent • Metastatic • Uncertain if primary or metastatic • If metastatic, site of primary tumor • Additional diagnostic classification (e.g. specific disease classification from clinical pathology report) • If QC material consistent with annotated clinicopathologic data

  7. QUALITY CONTROL DATA COLLECTED (cont.) • If a neoplasm (tumor) is present in the tissue section, two • different assessments of tumor percentage are made: • % cellularity • an estimate of the number of tumor cells in the histologic section relative to • the total number of cells • % area • an estimate of the area of tissue involved by tumor • The % area and % cellularity may be discrepant if: • The tumor is invested by a large number of inflammatory • cells • The tumor has a high degree of fibrosis • The tumor has large areas of acellular mucin

  8. QUALITY CONTROL DATA COLLECTED (cont.) • Tumor attributes that are assessed: • % tumor necrosis, by cellularity • (using only tumor cells as denominator) • % non-neoplastic stroma, by area • (using only tumor area as denominator) • % acellular mucin, by area • (using only tumor area as denominator)

  9. EXAMPLES OF HISTOLOGIC QC • Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate • Adenocarcinoma of the Colon • Lobular Breast Carcinoma • Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas • Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the Colon

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