Tissue Donation
An impediment to pediatric brain cancer research is the lack of adequate autopsy tissue. Researchers need tissue from autopsies to study the causes of and treatments for cancers. For some brain tumors, autopsy tissue is the only tissue available. For others, autopsy tissue provides valuable information about how cancers mutate and metastasize.
Many families have found that consenting to an autopsy tissue donation is one of the few positive steps they can take at the end of their child’s life.
Kids v Cancer is leading a parent-led effort to make autopsy tissue donation more widely available, so parents and researchers can work together to find new treatments and cures for pediatric brain cancers.
If you have further questions, please send an email to nancy@kidsvcancer.org.
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