Rapid on-site evaluation

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Rapid on-site evaluation, abbreviation ROSE, is an immediate assessment of a tissue specimen.

It can be used for staging lung cancer.[1]

As the feedback is immediate, inadequate biopsies are reduced and repeat biopsies largely avoided.[2]

See also

References

  1. Yasufuku, K.; Fleury Feith, J. (Dec 2012). "Cytological specimens obtained by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: sample handling and role of rapid on-site evaluation.". Ann Pathol 32 (6): e35-46, 421-32. doi:10.1016/j.annpat.2012.09.212. PMID 23244484.
  2. Collins, BT.; Murad, FM.; Wang, JF.; Bernadt, CT. (Sep 2013). "Rapid on-site evaluation for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy of the pancreas decreases the incidence of repeat biopsy procedures.". Cancer Cytopathol 121 (9): 518-24. doi:10.1002/cncy.21340. PMID 23983161.