Hematopathology Specimen Collection Manual
Hematopathology Staff

In Situ Hybridization Specimen Collection and Handling

The Hematopathology Section of the Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, offers expert diagnostic services in the field of hematopathology. The staff provides assistance in the diagnosis and classification of reactive and neoplastic lymphoproliferative disorders, immunodeficiency states, and diverse hematological malignancies. We provide consultative and collaborative services to physicians in the National Cancer Institute, as well as to physicians studying patients with hematolymphoid disorders in other institutes, in particular NIAID, NHLBI, and NIAMSD. In addition, the staff serves as diagnostic consultants to the general medical community and reviews cases submitted in consultation from institutions throughout the world. In collaboration with other service units (Specialized Diagnostics, Flow Cytometry), proliferations may be characterized using either flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry. The Section also provides in situ hybridization services for detection of Epstein Barr viral sequences