What is the CHTN?
The CHTN is a group of six academic institutions funded by the National Cancer Institute to work together to provide remnant human tissue and fluids to investigators throughout the United States and elsewhere. Click here for divisional information. The CHTN provides malignant, benign, diseased and normal biospecimens from routine surgical resections and autopsies. Biospecimens are collected prospectively per the investigator’s protocol and can be provided to the investigator fresh, frozen or as paraffin blocks and/or slides.