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	Patient criteria   1. Age when specimen obtained >    <    Age   2. Sex Male Female   3. HIV+? Yes No Unknown   Specimen criteria   4. Specimen type Ascites fluid Blood: Green top Blood: Lavender top Blood: Red top Blood: Yellow top Bone marrow CSF FNA Lavage Pleural fluid Saliva Semen Swab Tissue Urine Other   5. Site type Adrenal Anus Appendix Bone marrow Brain Breast Cervix Colon Esophagus Fallopian tube Gallbladder Head and neck Kidney Heart Large bowel Liver Lung Lymph node Mediastinum, NOS Mouth N/A Ovary Pancreas Parathyroid Penis Pituitary Placenta Products of conception Prostate Rectum Retropenitoneum, NOS Salivary gland Serous body cavity Sinus Skeletal system Skin Small bowel Soft tissue Spinal cord Spleen Stomach Testis Thyroid Tonsil/adenoids Ureter Urethra Urinary bladder Uterus Vagina Vulva Uninvolved Other   6. Processing type Alcohol fixed cell blocks in parraffin Anal swab in transport medium, frozen Autopsies, multisite, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks Autopsies, multisite, OCT-coated frozen Autopsies, multisite, OCT-coated frozen in liquid nitrogen Autopsies, multisite, tissues frozen in liquid nitrogen, snap, uncoated Autopsies, multisite, tissues frozen, snap, uncoated Blood - PBMC Blood - Plasma, Frozen (0.5ml) Blood - Serum (0.5ml) Bone marrow - Aspirate smears on slides, frozen Bone marrow - Aspirate in DMSO/FCS, frozen Bone marrow - Clot paraffin sections, silanated slides Bone marrow - Clot section, paraffin block Bone marrow core - formalin - fixed, paraffin embedded, decalcified Bone marrow - PCR Bone marrow - TEM specimens Cell lines, frozen Cell suspension frozen in DMSO/FCS Cervical swab in transport medium, frozen Cervicovaginal lavage, saline (0.5ml) CSF, frozen (> 0.5ml)) Effusion, cell suspension Effusion, cells supernatant, frozen Effusion, cells, frozen (0.5ml) Effusion, cells, frozen in DMSO/FCS Fine needle aspirate - Frozen in DMSO/FCS Fine needle aspirate - Pellet, paraffin sections, silanated slides Fine needle aspirate - Smears on slides, frozen Fine needle aspirate - TEM specimen Formalin-fixed paraffin tissue section on silanated slides Formalin-fixed paraffin tissue sections in tubes for PCR Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks Frozen tissue section section slides Non-formalin-fixed Paraffin tissue section on silanated slides Non-formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks Plastic-embedded tissue blocks for TEM Saliva, frozen Semen, frozen Tissue (uncoated) frozen in liquid nitrogen, snap (.5 x .5 cm) Tissue (uncoated) frozen, snap (.5 x .5 cm) Tissue, OCT-coated, frozen (.5 x .5 cm) Tissue, OCT-coated, frozen in liquid nitrogen (.5 x .5 cm) Urine (> 0.5 ml), frozen Other   7. Diagnosis Benign tumor Carcinoma CIS Condyloma Dysplasia Hodgkin's disease HSIL Infectious process Kaposi's sarcoma Leukemia LSIL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Normal Sarcoma Typical Reactive Process Other