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Table 4 Retrieval rates for common tumors. Retrieval rate from all SPIN sites for the common tumor type category: breakdown by each common tumor type at each institution (tumor blocks/all blocks). Retrieval rate for blocks with the presence of tumor for each common tumor type category at each SPIN institution. (tumor blocks/all blocks)

From: Availability and quality of paraffin blocks identified in pathology archives: A multi-institutional study by the Shared Pathology Informatics Network (SPIN)

 

n = 25

n = 25

n = 25

n = 25

n = 100

SPIN INSTITUTIONS

Breast

Colon

Lung

Prostate

ALL Common Tumors

PITTSBURGH

76%

96%

84%

84%

85%

UCLA

100%

92%

100%

100%

98%

INDIANA

88%

92%

100%

100%

95%

HARVARD

88%

64%

100%

80%

83%

ALL SPIN SITES

88%

86%

96%

91%

90%