Cancer Center Tissue and Tumor Bank

Services:

• Fresh Tissue Collection (Methods of Tissue Procurement)
• Samples from approximately 2100 patients since January 2006
• Types of Tumor Tissues Banked
• Tumor tissue with matched normal when available
• Other disease tissue per request (e.g. cirrhosis, fibrotic disease)
• Archived Samples with Clinical Follow-up
• Paraffin blocks dating back to 1993 (in collaboration with the UMMHC Department of Pathology)
• Embedding
• Your tissue can be processed and embedded to paraffin
• Cutting Slides
• Your paraffin or frozen blocks can be sectioned and stained
• Real-Time PCR
• Applied Biosystems 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System
• Laser Capture Micro-dissection
• Specific Study Needs Can Be Met
• Fresh tissue can be placed immediately in your media (e.g. tissue collected and sent to Precision Therapeutics for chemotherapy testing)
• Core biopsy samples can be collected
• Fine needle aspiration
• Please contact us with your request