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For more than 35 years, Ken Dixon, M.D., FACS, a surgeon with Surgical Oncology of Northeast Georgia, has treated cancer patients in his practice located in Gainesville, Ga. After a lifetime taking care of cancer patients, and telling a patient or a family member ‘there is nothing left to do’ Dr. Dixon began a journey to do more. Hear more of Dr. Dixon’s thoughts directly from him from this blog.

What is a tumor bank?

Let’s talk tumor bank basics. A tumor bank is a place to store tumor tissue, generally to be used for research purposes. Tumor or cancer tissue can be stored in two basic ways. It can be stored after the cells have been killed by placing them in formalin and then...