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Donating Tissue to Research on Pediatric, Carney Triad, and wildtype GIST
The samples of tumors removed from patients during surgery are extremely valuable to researchers who are striving to identify the causes of GIST in children, adolescents, and young adults. Only when the cause has been identified can a cure be found.
Two types of samples are helpful:
- samples from past surgery
- a paraffin block of tissue or unstained slides
- can be requested through the pathology department o the hospital where the surgery was performed
- samples from upcoming surgery
- flash frozen tissue samples
- must be requested through your surgeon and the pathology department prior to the operation.
If you are scheduling surgery for yourself or your child, please consider having frozen tissue samples saved to donate to research. You can arrange for this through your surgeon if you mention it in advance. If you can send archived samples from past surgeries, including unstained slides and paraffin blocks of tissue, those are also helpful.
Worthy researchers include the following (listed in alphabetical order). Please contact the investigator for instructions on completing any needed paperwork and having the samples shipped.
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Cristina R. Antonescu, MD Phone: 212-639-5721 |
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J. Aidan Carney, MD, PhD, FRCP Phone: 507-284-2691 |
Dr. Carney requests that tissue samples be sent to Dr. Stratakis at the NIH (see separate entry), his colleague and research partner. Dr. Carney continues to work to establish the clinical, pathological and behavioral characteristics of pediatric GIST, with emphasis on familial involvement and associated conditions. |
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NIH Pediatric & Wildtype GIST Clinic Constantine A. Stratakis MD, D(Med)S
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Our goal is to identify genes and Please e-mail Dr. Stratakis for instructions on Form for samples from prior surgery Form for samples from upcoming surgery
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