"Paraffin Embedding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The infiltrating of tissue specimens with paraffin, as a supporting substance, to prepare for sectioning with a microtome.
| Descriptor ID |
D016612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.500.620.720.610 E01.370.225.750.600.720.610 E05.200.500.620.720.610 E05.200.750.600.720.610
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Paraffin Embedding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Paraffin Embedding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paraffin Embedding" by people in Profiles.
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Reliable RNA-seq analysis from FFPE specimens as a means to accelerate cancer-related health disparities research. PLoS One. 2025; 20(4):e0321631.
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Comparison of Culture With Antibiogram to Next-Generation Sequencing Using Bacterial Isolates and Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Gastric Biopsies. Gastroenterology. 2021 11; 161(5):1433-1442.e2.
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Using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue to characterize the preterm gut microbiota in necrotising enterocolitis and spontaneous isolated perforation using marginal and diseased tissue. BMC Microbiol. 2019 03 04; 19(1):52.
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Incorporation of Cervista Human Papillomavirus 16/18 Assay Into Algorithms for Classifying Human Papillomavirus Status in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Specimens. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2019 03; 143(3):356-361.
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National Cancer Institute Biospecimen Evidence-Based Practices: Harmonizing Procedures for Nucleic Acid Extraction from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue. Biopreserv Biobank. 2018 Aug; 16(4):247-250.
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Somatic mutation analysis in melanoma using targeted next generation sequencing. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 10; 103(2):172-177.
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Clinical Validation and Implementation of a Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Assay to Detect Somatic Variants in Non-Small Cell Lung, Melanoma, and Gastrointestinal Malignancies. J Mol Diagn. 2016 Mar; 18(2):299-315.
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Formaldehyde scavengers function as novel antigen retrieval agents. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 27; 5:17322.
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Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 Gene Expression Molecularly Differentiates Pleuropulmonary Blastoma and Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Aug; 37(6):e356-60.
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Clinical next-generation sequencing in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2015 Feb 15; 121(4):631-9.