Comparative analysis of EGFR mutations in circulating tumor DNA and primary tumor tissues from lung cancer patients using BEAMing PCR by Duhita Mirikar, Nandini Banerjee, Kumar Prabhash, Rajiv Kumar Kaushal, Vanita Naronha, C. S. Pramesh, George Karimundackal, Amit Joshi, Swapnil Rane, Ranjan Basak

“…One hundred non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were enrolled, and both preoperative plasma samples and formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples were collected for the study. …”
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma Originating from Adult Laryngeal Papillomatosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Vivian Narana Ribeiro El-Achkar, Andressa Duarte, Fabiano Pinto Saggioro, Francisco Veríssimo De Mello Filho, Jorge Esquiche León, Alfredo Ribeiro-Silva, Estela Kaminagakura

“…A 47-year-old male patient exhibiting hoarseness for 4 months presented an exophytic lesion in the right palatine tonsil and a digitiform-like lesion in the right vocal fold. …”
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Expression profile of cannabinoid receptor 2 in ovine ileum during prenatal development by Mehmet Özbek, Hidayet Tutun, Emel Ergün, Feyzullah Beyaz, Levent Ergün

“…To visualize CB2 expression in ileum, we applied labeled Streptavidin Biotin method to paraffin sections.<p> <b>Results: </b>The majority of the intestinal epithelium showed a weak positive reaction for CB2. …”
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The correlation between the expression of androgen receptor splice variant-7 (AR-V7) protein with the time of occurrence of castration-resistant prostate cancer and overall surviva... by Indrawarman Soerohardjo, Narpati Wesa Pikatan, Andy Zulfiqqar, Irianiwati Widodo, Didik Setyo Heriyanto

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study utilized paraffin-embedded tissue block samples collected from prostate cancer patients undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy at Dr. …”
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Frequent mutation of K-RAS in addition to BRAF V600E in Ameloblastoma – An immunohistochemical study by Aishwariya Mohanty, Abikshyeet Panda, Pallavi Mishra, Lipsa Bhuyan, Harish Kumar

“…Methods: 30 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of histopathologically diagnosed cases of Ameloblastoma were taken as samples. …”
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Prognostic Significance of DNA Cytometry in Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix FIGO Stage IB and II by Hans Jürgen Grote, Nicolaus Friedrichs, Natalia Pomjanski, Helen Friderike Guhde, Olaf Reich, Alfred Böcking

“…DNA image cytometry was performed on cytologic specimens prepared by enzymatic cell separation from formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded tissues. DNA stemline ploidy, DNA stemline aneuploidy, 5c exceeding rate, 9c exceeding rate, 2c deviation index, and DNA malignancy grade were computed. …”
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Expression Levels of IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-17RA, and IL-17RC in Prostate Cancer with Taking into Account the Histological Grade according to Gleason Scale in Comparison to Benign Pros... by Marlena Janiczek, Łukasz Szylberg, Paulina Antosik, Anna Kasperska, Andrzej Marszałek

“…Studies were carried out on archival tissue material in the form of paraffin blocks of 40 men with PCa after radical prostatectomy. …”
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Histopathological Study of Gallbladder Associated with Gallstone Disease by Seerwan Raheem, Ismail Kakey

“…The histological study involved fixing gallbladder samples in 10% formalin, dehydrating them&nbsp;in ethanol, clearing them&nbsp;in xylol, and embedding them&nbsp;with paraffin wax. Sections were cut, stained, and viewed under a light microscope. …”
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Investigation of the histopathological effects of increasing amounts of peppermint oil (mentha piperita) added to quail (coturnix coturnix japonica) feed as a growth promoter on li... by Mustafa Ünal Boyraz, Muhammet Bahaeddin Dörtbudak, Besime Daş, Akın Yiğin, Mehmet Şevki Çadırcı, Aydın Daş

“…Created by adding oil ad libitum. From the paraffin blocks prepared by routine tissue follow-up from the liver, sections were taken with a rotary microtome. …”
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Histopathological Profile of Cholecystectomy Specimens at a Tertiary Care Center: A Retrospective Study by Udita Bajaj, Dimple Kalsi, Preeti Bajaj, Sheela Chikhalikar

“…Tissue was fixed in 10% buffered formalin and then processed by the routine paraffin embedding techniques. Sections were cut at 4–5 μ thickness and stained with hematoxylin and eosin stains. …”
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Comprehensive three-dimensional microCT and signaling analysis reveal the teratogenic effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on craniofacial bone development in mice by Xiao-ming Wang, Cai-ming Qin, Dou Li, Xin-ran Xu, Xiao-jing Pan, Hui Xue

“…By treating pregnant mice with TCDD (40 μg/kg) at the vital craniofacial patterning stages (embryonic day 8.5, 10.5 and 12.5), and scanning and reconstructing the skulls at embryonic day 18.5 using microCT, we found that TCDD exposure at the earlier and later patterning stages induced variable craniofacial malformations, including premature fusion of metopic and coronal sutures, truncated palatal processes of maxillary and palatine bones, as well as opening oriented pterygoid processes. …”
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Premature Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Ronaldo Valdés Villafranca, Suleidy Pérez García, Ángel Ernesto Ramos Cordero, Suniel Pérez García, Rubén Valdés Villafranca, Elvis Hernández

“…The municipality of Pinar del Río stood out with 51 premature deaths and 438 potential years of life lost, however, as an average of years lost, Los Palacios municipality stood out with 13.76 years and the highest risk of dying prematurely corresponded to Guane municipality with 50, 57x100,000 inhabitants. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TURKEYS WITH A/DUCK/ALTAI/469/14 H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS by V. Yu. Sosipatorova, D. A. Altunin, I. A. Chvala, N. S. Mudrak, D. B. Andreychuk

“…The testing was carried out using paired preparations of paraffin-embedded tissue sections from experimentally infected and healthy turkeys. …”
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Comparison of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in Odontogenic Keratocyst and Ameloblastoma: An Immunohistochemical Study by Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuichi Fujita, Shigeru Yamabe, Takeshi Moriishi, Haruo Okabe, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akio Mizuno

“…PCNA expression was studied in odontogenic keratocysts (n = 15) and ameloblastomas (n = 46) using an avidin–biotin–peroxidase complex method on routinely processed paraffin sections. The percentage of PCNA-positive cells determined by point counting was significantly lower in the ameloblastomas (mean 9.4%, standard deviation (SD) 11.0) than in odontogenic keratocysts (mean 29.9%, SD 24.0). …”
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AgNOR Count in Resting Cells (Resting NOR) Is a New Prognostic Marker in Invasive Bladder Tumor by Mitsuro Tomobe, Toru Shimazui, Katsunori Uchida, Hideyuki Akaza

“…Materials and methods: Forty-four paraffin sections of invasive bladder tumors were stained simultaneously with AgNOR and MIB-1. …”
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Inhibitory Effect of PRMT5/MTA Inhibitor on MTAP‐Deficient Glioma May Be Influenced by Surrounding Normal Cells by Yunjie Wang, Xiaohui Sun, Runchen Ma, Xiaofan Zhang, Shengmin Ji, Zhaofeng Liu, Gangqiang Yang, Hongbo Wang, Peng Zhang, Jianzhao Zhang, Jingwei Tian

“…Methods We first analyzed whether there were MTAP‐expressing normal intracerebral cells around MTAP‐deficient glioma tissues by paraffin‐embedded tissue microarray of human glioma specimens. …”
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Diagnosis and Prognosis of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung by Means of High Resolution Image Analysis by Uta Jütting, Peter Gais, Karsten Rodenacker, Joachim Böhm, Susanne Koch, Heinz W. Präuer, Heinz Höfler

“…Sections 4 μm thick from paraffin embedded tissue were Feulgen stained. By means of high resolution image analysis 100 nuclei per case were randomly gathered to extract morphometric, densitometric and textural quantitative features. …”
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DNA Quality Assessment for Array CGH by Isothermal Whole Genome Amplification by Tineke E. Buffart, Marianne Tijssen, Thijs Krugers, Beatriz Carvalho, Serge J. Smeets, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Heike Grabsch, Gerrit A. Meijer, Henry B. Sadowski, Bauke Ylstra

“…Background: Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (array CGH) is increasingly applied on DNA obtained from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue, but in a proportion of cases this type of DNA is unsuitable. …”
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Scapular Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma with EWSR1-CREB1 Fusion in an Adult Patient by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Yuki Ishibashi, Masachika Ikegami, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

“…Next-generation sequencing of RNA isolated from paraffin-embedded tumor tissue revealed that these lesions harbored the EWSR1-CREB1 fusion gene, and the tumor was diagnosed as AFH. …”
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High‐Throughput Single‐Nucleus RNA Profiling of Minimal Puncture FFPE Samples Reveals Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Cancer by Weiqin Jiang, Xiang Zhang, Ziye Xu, Qing Cheng, Xiaohan Li, Yuyi Zhu, Fangru Lu, Ling Dong, Linghui Zeng, Weixiang Zhong, Yongcheng Wang, Longjiang Fan, Hongyu Chen

“…Abstract Puncture biopsy, especially those preserved by formalin fixed paraffin embedding (FFPE) samples, play an important role in various research purposes. …”
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