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===Protocol notes=== | ===Protocol notes=== | ||
*Making the core(s) planar is recommended, e.g. sandwich between two pieces of sponges.<ref name=pmid23918245/> | |||
*Up to 3 cores can be put into one cassette; however, many laboratories in Europe (40%) put 1 core/cassette.<ref name=pmid23918245>{{cite journal |author=Van der Kwast T, Bubendorf L, Mazerolles C, ''et al.'' |title=Guidelines on processing and reporting of prostate biopsies: the 2013 update of the pathology committee of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) |journal=Virchows Arch. |volume=463 |issue=3 |pages=367–77 |year=2013 |month=September |pmid=23918245 |doi=10.1007/s00428-013-1466-5 |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== | ||