Services

The goal of the Tissue Bank is to facilitate biomedical research using tissues at Stanford. The following services are currently offered to support this goal:

Banked frozen tissue specimen: Investigator is provided banked frozen tissue specimen, along with Pathologist-reviewed H&E-stained frozen section for quality assurance, and basic clinicopathological information distilled from the Pathology report.

Fresh tissue specimen: Investigator is provided freshly procured tissue specimen, typically for studies requiring viable cells, and basic clinicopathological information distilled from the Pathology report.

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue: Investigator is provided with paraffin-embedded tissue (typically as thick sections), either from the Pathology Department archive or the separate Tissue Bank research archive, along with Pathologist-reviewed H&E-stained paraffin section for quality assurance, and basic clinicopathological information distilled from the Pathology report.

Banked frozen serum/plasma specimen: Investigator is provided banked frozen serum or plasma specimen, and basic clinicopathological information distilled from the Pathology report.

Tissue procurement: Investigator is provided tissue procured by the Tissue Bank, and linked to the investigator's project-specific consent.

Serum/plasma procurement: Investigator is provided serum or plasma procured and processed by the Tissue Bank, and linked to the investigator's project-specific consent.

H&E-stained frozen section: Investigator is provided an H&E-stained slide of sectioned frozen tissue specimen. No extra charge if provided with tissue specimen.

Unstained frozen section: Investigator is provided an unstained slide of sectioned frozen tissue specimen. Additional unstained slides from the same specimen are available at a reduced price.

H&E-stained paraffin section: Investigator is provided an H&E-stained slide of sectioned paraffin tissue specimen. No extra charge if provided with tissue specimen.

Unstained paraffin section: Investigator is provided an unstained slide of sectioned paraffin tissue specimen. Additional unstained slides from the same specimen are available at a reduced price.

Pathology report: Investigator is provided basic clinicopathological information distilled from the Pathology report. No extra charge if provided with tissue specimen.

Review of slides: A pathologist performs review of H&E-stained slide(s) from a surgical case. No extra charge if provided with tissue specimen.