Table 4.

Low cost techniques for the construction of tissue arrays.

Specifications	Appropriate techniques
Few slides necessary Few specimens (<10)	Tissue macroarray (the array on the slide) [1]
Many slides necessary Few specimens (20–30) No precise arrangement necessary	Miller: tissue microarray (TMA): tissue rods [10]
Many slides necessary Few specimens (30–50) Precise arrangement necessary	Wilkens/Chen technique: TMA: double sided adhesive tape [27,39]
Many slides necessary Many specimens (50–300) Precise arrangement necessary	Vogel manual drilling: TMA: Preformed recipient blocks [79] Stabilization body advised [88] Melting with the adhesive tape-x-ray film-sandwich [89]
Many slides necessary Multiple specimens (>300) Precise arrangement necessary	Vogel manual drilling or CNC drilling: TMA: Preformed recipient blocks [79,81] Stabilization body advised [88] Melting with the adhesive tape-x-ray film-sandwich [89]