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**Should be pinned open on a large block of paraffin wax. | **Should be pinned open on a large block of paraffin wax. | ||
***A paper towel should be placed behind the specimen - between the specimen and paraffinx wax. | ***A paper towel should be placed behind the specimen - between the specimen and paraffinx wax. | ||
*Place specimen(s) in [[formalin]]. | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||
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*† The parasagittal sections of the bladder and prostate are important for staging. | *† The parasagittal sections of the bladder and prostate are important for staging. | ||
**Invasion into the prostatic stroma is pT4. | **Invasion into the prostatic stroma is pT4. | ||
**The parasagittal sections should contain the interface between the bladder and prostate. It is ''not'' recommended that those sections extend further into the prostate or through the prostate. | |||
*‡ Should be in separate blocks ''or'' inked with different colours (such that they can be separated at time of microscopy). | *‡ Should be in separate blocks ''or'' inked with different colours (such that they can be separated at time of microscopy). | ||