What Is Pre-Analytics in Surgical Pathology? -- Histologic Validation of Vacuum Sealed Formalin -- Free Tissue Preservation and Transport System -- Pre-Analytics and Molecular Pathology -- Experiences in Vacuum Preparation of Routine Specimens -- Tissue Heterogeneity as a Pre-Analytical Source of Variability -- Vacuum Fixation of Breast Specimens Before Grossing -- How Do Short Fixation and Rapid Microwave Processing Affect Her2 Testing? -- Current Projects in Pre-Analytics - Where to Go? -- Nucleic Acid Extraction from FFPE Tissue as Critical Preanalytic Step for NGS Applications -- Experiences With Pre-Analytics of Lung Specimen -- Experiences With Pre-Analytics of GI-Specimen -- Bone Marrow Work-Up -- Two-Temperature Fixation Preserves Activation Status with High Efficiency -- Towards the Lean Lab. The Industry Challenge.  .