Table 1 Tissues collected at the time of biopsy and resection of a known or suspected malignancy at the time of 18F-FDG-directed surgery.
Tissue designation | Abbreviation | Description of tissue designation |
|---|---|---|
Whole Surgically Resected Specimen | WSRS | Intact tissue removed as a biopsy specimen or as a resected specimen |
Research Designated Tissue | RDT | An approximately 5 mm thick representative portion of tissue from the WSRS which contained both gross tumor and normal appearing tissue |
Sectioned Research Designated Tissue | SRDT | Sectioned pieces of tissue that resulted when the RDT was cut into multiple portions of tissue that were of a size that would allow each such sectioned piece of tissue to fit into an individual pathology cassette (i.e., approximately 1.0 cm × 1.0 cm × 0.5 cm) |