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Understanding Tissue Issues
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Current research strategies are greatly enhanced by the contribution of tissue by patients - those with cancer and those without. This is the only way science can make advances in "personalized" medicines so doctors can treat tumors based upon specific targets. |
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Resources
The National Cancer Institute Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research: http://biospecimens.cancer.gov/default.asp
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/CLIA/index.html
References
Weining Tang et al, DNA Extraction from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2009.
Dry, S, Who Owns Diagnostic Tissue Blocks?, Lab Medicine, February 2009, Volume 40, Number 2
Consensus Statement: Informed Consent for Genetic Research on Stored Tissue Samples, Journal of the American Medical Association, December 13, 1995
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) Website, www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr
Sandusky, G, Dumaual, C, and Cheng L, Human Tissues for Discovery Biomarker Pharmaceutical Research: The Experience of the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center Lilly Research Labs Tissue/Fluid Biobanks, Veterinary Pathology 2009 46:2
Compton, C, Ph.D, Getting to Personalized Medicine: Taking Out the Garbage Cancer October 15, 2007, Volume 110, Number 8
Sherman, ME, Figueroa, JD, Henry, JE The Susan G Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center: A Unique Resource for Defining the Molecular Biology of the Breast, Cancer Prevention Research, 2012;5:528-535.
Brothers, KB, Morrison, DR, Clayton, EW 2011. Two large-scale surveys on community attitudes toward an opt-out biobank. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 155;2982-2990
Langseth, H, Luostarinen, T, Bray, F, Dillner, J, Ensuring quality in studies linking cancer registries Acta Oncologica, 2010;49:368-377
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