A Tumor Bank with systematic organization of data allows for the carrying out of cancer research with sound and scientific conclusions. The need thus arises for a specific protocol whose main advantage would be that of adding qualified donor information to tumor samples used in research. The purpose of this study was to develop a simple, reliable, and replicable procedures protocol to acquire and store samples of musculoskeletal tumors. The basis for the planning of this protocol comprises the information gathered in the literature relating to tumor tissue banks from 1969 to 2005. The paper describes the capture, storage, and donor background. The tumor bank with an efficient protocol allows to store both healthy and neoplastic tissue, and to record information relating to patients with neoplastic lesions. Furthermore, it enables supplying tissue samples in ideal research conditions.
Tissue banks; Tissue banks; Bone neoplasms; Protocols; Neoplasms; Medical oncology; Cooperative behavior
