Molecular Testing Opportunities on Cytology Effusion Specimens: The Pre-Analytic Effects of Various Body Fluid Cytology Prepa

Course overview

The eJournal is an online pathology journal club that reviews current articles from a peer-reviewed cytopathology Journal. Participants will be able to review the journal article, commentary and webinar from the contributing author. This is a great self-assessment, teaching and continuing education tool. TARGET AUDIENCE This educational activity is designed for pathologists, cytopathologists, cytotechnologists, students and other members of the cytopathology community. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Understand the preanalytic techniques to improve RNA extraction for RNAseq Compare different cytology preparation methods to identify alternatives to formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) sections for RNAseq testing To evaluate the expression of 2 multigene expression signatures, molecular subtype, and 4 common activating mutation sites in 6 common cytology preparation methods in comparison to fresh frozen cell pellet