Fig 1. A summary of samples collected for two common cancer diagnoses.
(A) Collection for breast carcinoma patients. (B) Collection for prostate carcinoma patients. FFPE, Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded blocks; OCT, Optimal Cutting Temperature compound for fresh-frozen tissue; PBMC, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells; CPT, Cell Preparation Tube with Sodium Heparin (BD Bioscience) for separation of granulocyte- and PBMC-fraction of white blood cells; FACS, Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting; lymph., lymphocytes; Treg, T-regulatory lymphocytes; NK, Natural Killer cells.