作者: Nadine Norton
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15811-2_9
关键词: Medicine 、 Paraffin embedding 、 Cancer treatment 、 Formalin fixed paraffin embedded 、 Cancer 、 Tissue bank 、 Cancer genome sequencing 、 Standard treatment 、 Single cell sequencing 、 Cancer research
摘要: Billions of tissue samples are now archived by formalin fixation paraffin embedding (FFPE) in banks and hospitals around the world. For those biomarkers measured immunohistochemistry used today as a standard care cancer treatment, this method preservation works well. However, heterogeneous nature disease means that many patients do not respond or relapse under treatment.