Establishing a tumour bank: banking, informatics and ethics

The six divisions of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network in the USA bank and distribute tens of thousands of tissue specimens to researchers annually. Major operational concerns include: maintaining tissue integrity, managing informatics, and protecting patient confidentiality. Increasing molecular...

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Published inBritish journal of cancer Vol. 90; no. 6; pp. 1115 - 1119
Main Authors QUALMAN, S. J, FRANCE, M, GRIZZLE, W. E, LIVOLSI, V. A, MOSKALUK, C. A, RAMIREZ, N. C, WASHINGTON, M. K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Nature Publishing Group 22.03.2004
Subjects
Banking
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer research
Clinical outcomes
Confidentiality
Ethics, Medical
Genetic Testing
Humans
Informatics
Medical Informatics
Medical research
Medical sciences
Minireview
Neoplasms - genetics
Neoplasms - pathology
Oncology
Pathology
Quality Control
Tissue Banks - ethics
Tissue Banks - standards
Tumors
United States > US
Ohio
Human
Ethics
Cancerology
Confidentiality
Quality control
patient confidentiality
Tumor
informatics
tissue banking
Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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Summary:The six divisions of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network in the USA bank and distribute tens of thousands of tissue specimens to researchers annually. Major operational concerns include: maintaining tissue integrity, managing informatics, and protecting patient confidentiality. Increasing molecular genetics testing is also resulting in an increased demand for high-quality nucleic acids.
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ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601678