The Christchurch Tissue Bank to support cancer research

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1225, 2005, Pages

  Morrin, Helen ^a   Gunningham, Sarah ^a   Currie, Margaret ^a   Dachs, Gabi ^a   Fox, Stephen ^b   Robinson, Bridget ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER TISSUE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DNA DETERMINATION; DONOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAORI; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SECTION; URINARY TRACT CANCER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 27944432564     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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