See contact information for addresses of the divisions most relevant to breast cancer research. The CHTN obtains specimens from routine diagnostic or therapeutic resections and autopsies. Specimens include neoplastic and associated normal tissue, blood, and other body fluids.
Every specimen is collected according to the individual protocol of each investigator.
Tissues can be shipped fresh, frozen, or fixed. Specimens are collected to meet specific researcher requests. Only very rare specimens are banked to meet future requests. Age, sex, race, ethnicity. Subsequent breast cancer, vital status may be available in some cases.