Cancerous ‘floater’: a lesson learned about tissue identity testing, endometrial cancer and microsatellite instability
Bossuyt V, Buza N, Ngo NT, Much MA, Asis MC, Schwartz PE, Hui P. Cancerous ‘floater’: a lesson learned about tissue identity testing, endometrial cancer and microsatellite instability. Modern Pathology 2013, 26: 1264-1269. PMID: 23558568, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2013.63.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial curettageBackground endometriumStaging surgeryEndometrial cancerEndometrial polypsEndometrioid adenocarcinomaEndometrial adenocarcinomaFurther workupPap smearSecretory endometriumDiagnostic workupEndometrial cellsDNA genotypingAdenocarcinoma tissuesMolecular testingMicrosatellite instabilityAllelic patternsAdenocarcinomaPatientsConfirmation of contaminationTissue fragmentsCurettageEndometriumWorkupMolecular pathologists