Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource

**Semantic type:** Physical Object

**Definition:** The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource (CPCTR) is funded by the National Cancer Institute to provide researchers with access to primary prostate cancer tissues with associated clinical and followup data. The CPCTR can provide researchers with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary prostate cancer specimens,and their associated pathologic and clinical information. This collection is intended to facilitate large research studies that require both archival tissue and clinical and outcome data.

**Synonyms:** - CPCTR - NCI Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource - National Cancer Institute Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource