Ancillary techniques use for reporting of renal tumours
| Question | % | Number |
| Is immunohistochemistry used for histological typing? | ||
| Always | 6.7 | 11/163 |
| Only in some cases | 92.0 | 150/163 |
| Never | 1.2 | 2/163 |
| Do you use any of these stains for typing of renal tumours? | ||
| CD10 | 92.6 | 150/162 |
| RCC-Ma (RCC) | 30.9 | 50/162 |
| CK7 | 95.1 | 154/162 |
| HMW cytokeratin | 52.5 | 85/162 |
| Vimentin | 85.8 | 139/162 |
| AMACR | 57.4 | 93/162 |
| c-kit (CD117) | 61.1 | 99/162 |
| TFE3 | 17.3 | 28/162 |
| HMB45 | 67.9 | 110/162 |
| Hale's colloidal iron | 52.5 | 85/162 |
| Other | 25.3 | 41/162 |
| Do you use FISH or other ancillary techniques than immunohistochemistry for diagnosis in difficult cases? | ||
| Yes | 17.8 | 29/163 |
| No | 82.2 | 134/163 |
FISH, fluorescence in-situ hibridisation; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.