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***16 grams: 6-8 cassettes for 12 grams + 1 cassette = 7-9 cassettes. | ***16 grams: 6-8 cassettes for 12 grams + 1 cassette = 7-9 cassettes. | ||
***21 grams: 6-8 cassettes for 12 grams + 2 cassettes = 7-9 cassettes. | ***21 grams: 6-8 cassettes for 12 grams + 2 cassettes = 7-9 cassettes. | ||
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*If a minimal cancer is found in a partially submitted specimens, it is reasonable to stop there as submitting more tissue or the remainder is unlikely to change the [[prostate cancer grading|grade]] or extent of involvement.<ref name=pmid18684032>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trpkov | first1 = K. | last2 = Thompson | first2 = J. | last3 = Kulaga | first3 = A. | last4 = Yilmaz | first4 = A. | title = How much tissue sampling is required when unsuspected minimal prostate carcinoma is identified on transurethral resection? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 8 | pages = 1313-6 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1313:HMTSIR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18684032 }}</ref> | |||
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