Test Code HER2 HER-2 by FISH

Methodology

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Preferred:

Specimen Type: Tissue

Container/Tube: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) block of breast tissue.

Specimen Volume: 1 breast tissue block minimum 5 mm³

Alternate:

Specimen Type: Slides

Container/Tube: 7 unstained slides

Specimen Volume: 5-µm sections of breast tissue

Monday through Saturday; Sunday (STAT)/72 hours

An interpretive report will be provided

US Labs

Refrigerate OK/Ambient NO/Frozen NO