TISSUE AND RESEARCH PATHOLOGY SERVICES

组织和研究病理学服务(TARPS)是由CCSG资助的现有共享设施， 作为UPCI研究项目的中心支持，这些项目利用患者在 匹兹堡大学医学中心(UPMC)。问题资产救助计划的主要目标是提供一个 简化和精简研究组织收益和支付过程的机制，并 提供高效的研究病理支持服务。组织的应计和支出功能 Tarp成立于1991年，最初是一家小型服务机构，专注于泌尿生殖系癌症。该资源 在过去的18年里有了很大的发展，现在从 患有多种癌症的患者，为主要研究项目提供支持，如 头颈部、肺癌和皮肤癌的卓越研究(孢子)专业项目， 早期疾病研究网络(EDRN)相关的研究工作，血液肿瘤学服务，以及 其他几个癌症研究项目。 问题资产救助计划提供的服务包括：(1)组织和生物标本采购；(2)研究 组织学，(3)用临床数据对样本进行注释，以及(4)组织微阵列(TMA)设备。未来 这些努力将包括开发实时绘制肿瘤分子轮廓的程序。

The Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS) is an existing CCSG-funded shared facility that serves as the central support for UPCI research programs that utilize tissue materials from patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The main objectives of TARPS are to provide a mechanism to simplify and streamline the process of research tissue accrual and disbursement and to provide efficient research pathology support services. The tissue accrual and disbursement function of TARPS originated in 1991 as a small service facility, with a focus on genitourinary cancers. The resource has substantially expanded in the last 18 years and now procures and disburses tissue materials from patients with a diverse array of cancers, providing support to major research projects such as the Specialized Programs Of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Head and Neck, Lung, and Skin Cancers, the Early Disease Research Network (EDRN)-related research efforts, the Hematology-Oncology Service, and several other cancer research programs. Services provided by TARPS include: (1) tissue and biological specimen procurement, (2) research histology, (3) annotation of samples with clinical data, and (4) Tissue Micro-Array (TMA) facilities. Future efforts will include the development of procedures to molecularly profile tumors on a real-time basis.