title: [Sarcoma: tumour banks and evolution of diagnostic procedures].
abstract: Regional tumour banks are nowadays an important tool for the management of patients with a sarcoma. Centralized databases with information on frozen or paraffin-embedded tumour samples are necessary tools for clinical and biological research projects for rare tumours and particularly sarcomas. Diagnostic procedures have evolved during the last years with a multidisciplinary management of patients by a national and structured network specialized in sarcomas, a common use of core needle biopsies, a daily use of immunohistochemistry and molecular analyses and the implementation of standardized and structured reports.
authors.affiliation: Institut Bergonié, Laboratoire de pathologie, Département de pathologie, Inserm U916, Université Victor-Ségalen Bordeaux, France. coindre@bergonie.org <coindre@bergonie.org>
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coindre
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic