Tubal Cytology of the Fallopian Tube as a Promising Tool for Ovarian Cancer Early DetectionHao Chen 1, Robert Klein 1, Stacy Arnold 1, Yiying Wang 2, Setsuko Chambers 3,4, Wenxin Zheng 5,6
1Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 4University of Arizona Cancer Center, 5Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
We explored a tubal cytologic method by sampling the fallopian tube directly post-surgical excision as a tool of ovarian cancer early detection. Here, we present a protocol to collect fallopian tube cells from freshly received surgical specimens.