Cancer Medicine (May 2024)

Oil blotting paper for formalin fixation increases endoscopic ultrasound‐guided tissue acquisition‐collected sample volumes on glass slides

  • Takuo Yamai,
  • Kenji Ikezawa,
  • Yusuke Seiki,
  • Ko Watsuji,
  • Yasuharu Kawamoto,
  • Takeru Hirao,
  • Kazuma Daiku,
  • Shingo Maeda,
  • Makiko Urabe,
  • Yugo Kai,
  • Ryoji Takada,
  • Kaori Mukai,
  • Tasuku Nakabori,
  • Hiroyuki Uehara,
  • Sayoko Tsuzaki,
  • Ayumi Ryu,
  • Satoshi Tanada,
  • Shigenori Nagata,
  • Kazuyoshi Ohkawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.7189
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Objectives Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided tissue acquisition (EUS‐TA) is used for pathological diagnosis and obtaining samples for molecular testing, facilitating the initiation of targeted therapies in patients with pancreatic cancer. However, samples obtained via EUS‐TA are often insufficient, requiring more efforts to improve sampling adequacy for molecular testing. Therefore, this study investigated the use of oil blotting paper for formalin fixation of samples obtained via EUS‐TA. Methods This prospective study enrolled 42 patients who underwent EUS‐TA for pancreatic cancer between September 2020 and February 2022 at the Osaka International Cancer Institute. After a portion of each sample obtained via EUS‐TA was separated for routine histological evaluation, the residual samples were divided into filter paper and oil blotting paper groups for analysis. Accordingly, filter paper and oil blotting paper were used for the formalin fixation process. The total tissue, nuclear, and cytoplasm areas of each sample were quantitatively evaluated using virtual slides, and the specimen volume and histological diagnosis of each sample were evaluated by an expert pathologist. Results All cases were cytologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. The area ratios of the total tissue, nuclear, and cytoplasmic portions were significantly larger in the oil blotting paper group than in the filter paper group. The frequency of cases with large amount of tumor cells was significantly higher in the oil blotting paper group (33.3%) than in the filter paper group (11.9%) (p = 0.035). Conclusions Oil blotting paper can increase the sample volume obtained via EUS‐TA on glass slides and improve sampling adequacy for molecular testing.

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