Resources • Sample collection guides

 

Get your samples right the first time.


Step-by-step guides for collecting, preparing and returning each Simsen Personal Collection Kit. Follow them and your samples arrive in the condition our laboratory needs, so your result is not delayed by a repeat draw.

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Simsen® Personal Baseline Collection Kit

The first-visit kit. Tumour tissue for the personalised panel, a matched normal control and the first ctDNA blood draw, all in one box. Tissue + Normal + ctDNA.

  • Use for: a patient's first visit, before any monitoring
  • Contains: tissue specimen box, 2 × 10 mL Streck, 1 × 6 mL EDTA
  • Ships: room temperature, return label included
Open the guide →
Download PDF (IFU: Tissue) Download PDF (IFU: Blood)
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Simsen® Personal Follow-up ctDNA Collection Kit

For patients already set up with a Baseline kit. One venous blood draw, two Streck tubes, for each ctDNA monitoring timepoint. No tissue or control needed.

  • Use for: ongoing ctDNA monitoring timepoints
  • Contains: 2 × 10 mL Streck, plus the shared packing items
  • Ships: room temperature, return label included
Open the guide →
Download PDF (IFU: Blood) →
Goes with every kit

Simsen Personal requisition form

Complete it online for each shipment and generate the finished PDF to enclose in the box.

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Before you collect

 

Sample types at a glance.


Not sure a sample qualifies, or working outside the standard kit? These are the inputs our laboratory accepts. When you can hit the recommended input, you give your analysis the best possible sensitivity.

ctDNA analysis • liquid biopsy
Sample source Recommended input Alternative input Shipping
Whole blood in preservative tubes 2 tubes 1 tube Ambient
Plasma 10 mL > 1 mL Dry ice
cfDNA > 25 ng > 5 ng Dry ice
Streck BCT tubes are used in our kits. PaxGene, Norgen or Roche cfDNA tubes are also acceptable. Do not use heparin tubes.
Tumour profiling • Tissue
Tissue source Recommended input Alternative input Shipping
FFPE 10 sections, 10 to 20 µm > 2 curls > 5 µm, or 10 to 20 unstained slides Ambient
Fresh frozen 10 to 30 mg > 1 mg Dry ice
Extracted DNA > 250 ng at > 10 ng/µl > 50 ng at > 1 ng/µl Dry ice
Tumour content must be > 30%, as assessed by the customer. We do not accept whole tumour blocks. A matched germline control (typically whole blood in EDTA) is highly recommended for accurate somatic variant calling.
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