What is "immunophenotyping"?

What is "immunophenotyping"?

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Immunophenotyping is a pathological methodology in which tumor cells or any type of cell is stained under the microscope and looked at under the microscope for the identification of certain characteristics that identify these cells as a certain type or not. Immunophenotyping is utilized on a daily basis in every pathology lab from normal biopsies coming from patients to bone marrow biopsies coming from patients that I treat.