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Table 2 Sample prioritization and procurement

From: A multi-site feasibility study for personalized medicine in canines with Osteosarcoma

Sample #

Preparation

Purpose

Required

Destination and shipping conditions

1

Formalin

Confirmatory histological diagnosis

Yes

Site selected diagnostic pathology

2

Snap Frozen

Genomic profiling (PMed) and Histological diagnosis1

Yes

VARI (dry ice)

3

Formalin

Histological diagnosis2

Yes

VARI (wet ice)

4

Snap Frozen

Back up/tissue banking

If tissue is available

VARI (dry ice)

5

Formalin

Backup/tissue banking

If tissue is available

VARI (wet ice)

  1. 1 Assessment of tumor content (% tumor by nuclei, % normal tissue by nuclei, % necrosis).
  2. 2 Back-up source for assessment of tumor content if no sections available from Snap frozen tissue.