Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.

Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.

Worldwide use of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks (FFPE) is extensive in diagnosis and research. Yet, there is a lack of optimized/standardized protocols to process the blocks and verify the quality and presence of the targeted tissue. In the context of an international study on head and neck...

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Main Authors: Marisa Mena, Belen Lloveras, Sara Tous, Johannes Bogers, Fausto Maffini, Nitin Gangane, Rekha Vijay Kumar, Thara Somanathan, Eric Lucas, Devasena Anantharaman, Tarik Gheit, Xavier Castellsagué, Michael Pawlita, Silvia de Sanjosé, Laia Alemany, Massimo Tommasino, HPV-AHEAD study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5642890?pdf=render

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