{"id":3660,"date":"2018-10-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/news-events\/cancer-currents-blog\/2018\/improving-cancer-research-biopsies"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:32","slug":"study-improves-the-quality-of-biopsy-specimens-for-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/study-improves-the-quality-of-biopsy-specimens-for-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Improves the Quality of Biopsy Specimens for Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 23, 2018, by NCI Staff<\/p>\n

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Tumor biopsies collected for research often don’t have enough of the tumor tissue. These two biopsy samples from the same patient have very different amounts of tumor tissue (green boxes).<\/span><\/p>\n

Reprinted with permission J Oncol Pract. 2018 Oct 4:JOP1800092.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Researchers have developed recommendations for improving the quality of biopsy specimens<\/a> collected from patients participating in cancer clinical trials. Tumor biopsy samples can provide valuable information to researchers, such as insights into how cancer therapies\u00a0behave in the human body.<\/p>\n

The recommendations provide practical suggestions for the leaders of clinical trials,<\/a> such as ensuring that the interventional radiologists who collect the study biopsy specimens are given clear information about the study\u2019s goals and tissue requirements. Interventional radiologists use ultrasound<\/a>, CT scans<\/a>, and MRI<\/a> to identify locations in tumors from which they extract tissue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other recommendations include increasing the amount of biological material collected for research and ensuring that patients who are enrolled in a clinical trial that has a requirement for a research biopsy have tissue that is amenable to biopsy.<\/p>\n

The recommendations, which appeared in the Journal of Oncology Practice<\/em> on October 4, were based on an analysis of research biopsies conducted by a multidisciplinary team of experts.<\/p>\n