University of Kansas Cancer Center Breast Tissue and Serum Repository Core Facility

With the support of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development, the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Kansas Cancer Institute has established a Breast Tissue and Serum Repository BTSR Core Facility, the first such facility in the lower Midwest Funding of this core facility has served as the basis for its recent expansion to other female endocrine gynecologic cancers and the endocrine-associated male prostate cancer. The BTSR is fully supported by the Department of Surgery and Pathology, and will serve research needs not only at KU Medical Center, but to other institutions in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, and throughout the states of Kansas and Missouri. It is anticipated that in future years, the BTSR, with its systematic collection of normal and malignant tissues, including corresponding serum and lymphocyte samples, will serve as an increasingly important function for investigator-initiated cancer research studies.