Dr. John Brooks, a pathologist in Philadelphia, has been awarded a grant from the LMS Foundation to set up an LMS Tissue Bank Repository to house tumor tissue blocks from LMS patients.  He is asking you to participate in this collection process, which will provide the needed infrastructure for future research.  The Bank will serve as a resource of material for investigators.  No research can be accomplished easily without such a resource.  Research projects on the blocks will be approved by a Scientific Advisory Committee, according to NIH guidelines.

Some of you have participated in the project by Dr Matt Van de Rijn, and had your blocks sent there.  Dr. Brooks will need to have a consent form signed by you to hopefully allow your blocks to be sent to him by Dr Van de Rijn (rather than be sent back to the original hospital).  Thus, <b>if you were involved, be sure to check yes in two places</b> - yes to participate in the study, and yes in the spot asking for your material to be sent to Dr Brooks from Dr Van de Rijn.  

Others who may not have participated in that study may hopefully be willing to do so now.  All work of contacting the original hospital will be done by Dr. Brooks, once he has the information, so be sure to fill out the hospital's address.  We are trying to collect as many LMS tumor blocks as possible. 

If you agree to participate, fill out the last page of the Informed Consent form, being sure to include the hospital where the tumor was removed. This would be valuable information even if your block was sent to Dr Van de Rijn, as the hospital needs to be told your block is being forwarded to the bank. When completed, please either fax the last page of the form to Dr Brooks (fax number is on it) or mail to the address on the Consent Form itself. 

No one can participate without a signed consent form, as required by the IRB (Institutional Review Board).  

<b>CONSENT FORM</b>