LUMINUS IMMUNOTHERAPY | SOMATIC CANCER PANEL

SPECIMEN: SOMATIC TISSUE

CONTAINER TYPE: SEE TRANSPORT

VOLUME: SEE TRANSPORT

TRANSPORT:

• OPTION 1:
  A FORMALIN FIXED, PARAFFIN EMBEDDED (FFPE) BLOCK
  CONTAINING THE PATIENT’S TUMOR TISSUE.
  (PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESS FOR RETURNING THE BLOCK.)OR
• OPTION 2:
  ONE H&E STAINED 10 MICRON SLIDE
  – IF ORDERING MSI, 20% OF SAMPLE MUST BE NORMAL CELLS
  FIVE UNBAKED, UNSTAINED, 10 MICRON SECTIONS ON
  POSITIVELY CHARGED GLASS SLIDES.
  (FOR SMALL BIOPSIES WHERE TOTAL TISSUE IS LESS THAN
  5MM X 5MM, PLACE TWO SECTIONS ON EACH SLIDE.)
  • AIR DRY – DO NOT OVEN DRY
  • DO NOT USE COVER-SLIPS
• OPTION 3:
  LAVENDER-TOP (EDTA) TUBE

THIS PANEL INCLUDES: MSI-H, PD-L1 Expression