IU Simon Cancer Center's Tissue Bank Collecting Samples Sept. 20 At Clarian North

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 03 Sep 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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Would you like to contribute to breast cancer research?

You can help by donating a tissue sample to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Ology Spa at the Clarian North Medical Center, 11700 North Meridian St., Carmel.

A tissue sample will be taken from one breast with a needle and local anesthesia. The amount of tissue taken is about one gram (or the size of two peas).

To participate, women must:

- be age 18 or older

- have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign an informed consent

- be willing to give one hour of their time to complete a questionnaire and a breast biopsy

- not be allergic to local anesthetics (numbing medicine)

- not be receiving a therapeutic blood thinner (this does not include aspirin)

- not have breast implants or have had a breast reduction

To register, visit http://www.komentissuebank.iu.edu.

By collecting samples from women with and without breast cancer, researchers will be able to determine the differences between these populations, which could lead to a better understanding of the disease. Samples taken from women without the disease are especially helpful because there are few collections of so-called "normal" specimens. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center will ultimately give researchers valuable and unprecedented research data.

IU School of Medicine