Red top or SST tube
1 mL serum
0.8 mL serum
Specimens should not be collected from patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (i.e., >5 mg/day) until at least 8 hours following the last biotin administration. Collect specimen in a red top tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial and freeze. Specimen may be stored refrigerated up to 48 hours.
Monday - Saturday
1 - 3 days
Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay
< or = 140 pmol/L
An aid in monitoring patients with treated epithelial ovarian cancer for recurrence or progression.
Results cannot be interpreted as absolute evidence of the presence or absence of malignant disease.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories.
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Frozen (preferred): 84 days; Refrigerated: 48 hours.