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Liquid‐based shaking of core needle biopsy samples for the molecular characterisation of tumours: A fallback in cytopathology
Author(s) -
L'Imperio Vincenzo,
Corral Lilia,
Pagni Fabio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12925
Subject(s) - cytopathology , histopathology , core biopsy , medicine , pathology , biopsy , nucleic acid , cytology , biology , cancer , breast cancer , biochemistry
Cytological specimens may be the ideal source of nucleic acids for the molecular characterization of tumors in the next generation sequencing (NGS) era. Liquid‐based shaking of core needle biopsy samples could enhance the diagnostic yield, allowing additional material to be examined in parallel with histopathology.