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Outpatient Laboratory Services

 

Laboratory Outreach Program

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code 5424145 MGMT Promotor Methylation

Test ID

123600069

Specimen Requirements

Collection Requirements

Acceptable Specimen Type: Formalin fixed paraffin tissue on slides

 

Formalin-fixed parafin-embedded (FFPE) unstained slides Collect: 10 unstained sections, each 10-microns thick (minimum 5 unstained section each 10-micron) and corresponding H&E stained 5-micron section required; no mercury based (B-5) fixation; FNA cell blocks should have >25% tumor cells. Corresponding pathologist's report must accompany specimen.

 

 

Shipping / Handling Instructions

Transport Container

N/A

Transport Temperature

Formalin-fixed parafin-embedded (FFPE) unstained slides: Send specimens at room temperature.

Specimen Stability

N/A

Rejection Criteria

 

1.) Tissue fixed in mercury-containing formalin (eg,Zenker's) insufficient

2.) Undisectable tumor cells in paraffin block

3.) specimens with <25% tumor cells present.

 

 

Container Type

Laboratory

Container

Default

Temperature

Minimum Volume

BIOCENTER LAB

AP Slides

Yes

Room Temperature

5 Slides

 

 

 

 

 

Performing Section

BIOCENTER LAB: MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Components

Component Name

Component ID

LOINC Code

MGMT METHYLATION FINAL RESULT FREE TEXT

12300002721

64083-9

MGMT % METHYLATED

12300002614

  

MGMT INTERPRETATION

MGMT DISCLAIMER

MGMT PATH SIGNATURE

12300002613

12300002598

12300002599