TP53 FISH

Minimum of 1 mL whole blood in a purple (EDTA) or pink top tube (EDTA); minimum of 1 mL of bone marrow aspirate in a purple, pink, or green (heparin) top tube. Tissue in saline, RPMI or fresh

TP53 gene or 17p deletion are among the strongest adverse biologic features in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL).

Copy of the referring client's requisition form to accompany specimen.

Refrigerated: 5 days; ambient (room temperature): 3 days; specimen must be received by laboratory within 7-days of collection.

Frozen specimen; clotted or grossly hemolyzed specimens; serum; specimens without 2 patient identifiers; serum or plasma, aliquots (previously open containers); specimen that were received >7-days after collection. Fixed tissue blocks

Whole blood and bone marrow - 1 week.

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