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Cancer Laboratory

The Virginia Piper Cancer Institute Cancer Laboratory combines innovative clinical laboratory services with research. The Cancer Lab provides advanced laboratory testing, centered on supporting the clinical research initiatives at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.

Using cutting-edge technologies, laboratory staff members assist physicians in diagnosing difficult cases and classifying diseases that resist identification through standard laboratory models. As a result, the patient’s care team can more accurately predict the outcome of a patient’s illness and choose the most appropriate treatment.

Cancer Laboratory technologies include:

• flow cytometry
• molecular biology
• immunohistochemistry
• cytogenetics
• fluorescent in situ hybridization.

Using these technologies, a team of pathologists, cytogeneticists, molecular scientists and technologists offers a personalized assessment. Results are reported by a pathologist, a specialist in diagnosing disease and determining changes in abnormal conditions, who correlates the results with a patient’s clinical diagnosis. 

For more information on our cancer laboratory, call 612-863-4475. 
 

Virginia Piper Cancer Institute
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-4633

First published: 01/01/2004
Last updated: 03/01/2007

Reviewed by: John Mendiola, manager, Cancer Lab