Multi-institutional tumor banking: Lessons learned from a pancreatic cancer biospecimen repository

Pancreas

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 949-954

  Demeure, Michael J ^a,b   Sielaff, Timothy ^c   Koep, Larry ^d   Prinz, Richard ^e   Moser, A James ^f   Zeh, Herb ^f   Hostetter, Galen ^b   Black, Jodi ^b   Decker, Ardis ^b   Rosewell, Sandra ^b   Bussey, Kimberly J ^b   Von Hoff, Daniel ^b,c  

^a HonorHealth and the Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Virginia Piper Cancer Institute   (United States)

^d BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; multi institutional tumor banking; pancreas

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; OWNERSHIP; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 77957344039     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181df27a8     Document Type: Review

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