Pathology Laboratory Policies and Procedures for Releasing Diagnostic Tissue for Cancer Research.

ABSTRACT:

Context.—

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry program is currently evaluating the use of archival, diagnostic, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue obtained through SEER cancer registries, functioning as honest brokers for deidentified tissue and associated data. To determine the feasibility of this potential program, laboratory policies for sharing tissue for research needed to be assessed.

Objective.—

To understand the willingness of pathology laboratories to share archival diagnostic tissue for cancer research and related policies.

Design.—

Seven SEER registries administered a 27-item questionnaire to pathology laboratories within their respective registry catchment areas. Only laboratories that processed diagnostic FFP

SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8135254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature