Table 1

Availability of slides/blocks from tissue archives for common tumors. Summary of the availability of slides and blocks retrieved from all SPIN sites with a breakdown of the number of blocks with presence of tumor for cases in the common tumor type category.

Quantity

# of cases found on search: slides available by path report

# of cases found on search: slides found in archive

# of cases found on search: blocks available by path report

# of cases found on search: all blocks found in archive

# of cases found on search: Blocks w/Tumor found in archive

n/a*

104

0

4

0

97

0

0

86

1

44

10

1 – 3

14

24

17

19

115

4 – 6

10

13

11

19

106

7 – 9

15

28

29

29

48

10 – 14

59

63

104

99

22

15 – 19

74

76

109

99

2

20 – 29

99

86

109

77

0

30 – 39

20

23

14

13

0

>40

5

1

2

1

0

400

400

400

400

400

n/a * = not available, blocks only, no tumor seen

Patel et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:37   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-37