Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: July 9 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the association between inherited germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes and risk of pancreatic cancer.

CPT codes and LOINC update: August 2024 - Insights

This page lists updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of August.

CPT codes and LOINC update: May 2024 - Insights

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of May.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 14 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Despite advances in understanding the genetic abnormalities in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and the development of JAK2 inhibitors, there is an urgent need to devise new treatment strategies,...

April 2021 — Genitourinary Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Genitourinary Pathology.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 21 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the development and validation of a prostate cancer genomic signature that predicts early androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment response following radical prostatectomy.

Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: On-Site Operational Needs - Insights

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on "on-site operational needs," which is defined as "staff effort that does not deal directly with patients or their...

Clean and dry kidney stones - Insights

To optimize laboratory evaluation of kidney stones, specimens must be both clean and dry. The sensitivity of the analytical method used to determine kidney stone composition requires samples be completely dry, since excess water in the...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 24 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the best tumor size cut-points for renal cell carcinoma staging.

Developing New Tests to Find and Defeat Cancer at Earliest Stages - Insights

Some early-stage cancers are missed by conventional screening and are only detected when symptoms occur. Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Grail, a life science company, and Sutter Health of California, on the STRIVE clinical research study...