Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms
This blog of CNC Health Info is about Pancreatic Cancer
PANCREATIC CANCER
DESCRIPTION – pancreatic cancer is cancer that forms in the cell of the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas – an organ in your abdomen that lies behind the lower of your stomach. Your pancreas releases enzyme that aid digestion and produces hormones that help manage your blood sugar
METHODOLOGY – next generation sequencing (NGS0
TURN AROUND TIME – 10 days
PATIENT PREPARATION –
COLLECT – bile or pancreatic duct brushings, biliary stent or fine needle aspirates of the pancreas
SPECIMEN PREPARATION – place the specimen in fixative vial. specimen should be placed in fixative vial immediately after collection
STORAGE/TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE – ambient or frozen
STABILITY – ambient: 1 week; refrigerated: 1 week
UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION – frozen specimen
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS – clinical history is mandatory
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