Carvalho Lina, Bernardo M Teresa, Tavares Mariana, Cotovio Patrícia, Mação Patrícia, Oliveira Carlos
Serviços de Anatomia Patológica e de Oncologia Médica, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra.
Acta Med Port. 2007 Jul-Aug;20(4):325-34. Epub 2007 Nov 15.
A tumour bank is a consequence of the modern medicine to follow the knowledge of bio-pathology of pre-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases in order to define diagnostic criteria and accurate therapy. It can be an independent unit but it should depend on a real or virtual net in the country or in connection between different states. The informed agreement of the patient and law are integrally followed according with each country legislation and medical ethics is never overtaken for the accomplishment of diagnosis in the departments of pathology. A tumour bank works in the department of pathology, depends on trained technicians and pathologists and requires specific equipment for the different types of re-collecting, after dealing with confidentiality and law determinations. There are already some tumour bank nets in Europe (Spain, Croatia, Holland, UK, Germany) and Portugal is starting now its way.
肿瘤库是现代医学发展的产物，旨在深入了解肿瘤前疾病和肿瘤疾病的生物病理学知识，从而确定诊断标准和精准治疗方法。它可以是一个独立的单位，但应该依托国内的实体或虚拟网络，或者与不同国家建立联系。患者的知情同意和法律依据各国的立法严格执行，在病理科进行诊断时，绝不能违反医学伦理。肿瘤库在病理科开展工作，依赖训练有素的技术人员和病理学家，在处理好保密和法律规定后，还需要特定设备用于不同类型的样本采集。欧洲已经有一些肿瘤库网络（西班牙、克罗地亚、荷兰、英国、德国），葡萄牙目前也正着手建立。
