Tissue Banking: Relationship with Blood Donor and Organ Donor Card Status
Table 1
Responses to statements, as (%), concerning the willingness to donate tissue samples for medical research and the use of tissue samples.
Question
Strongly agree
Agree
Unsure
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Donation
If I was ill and had to have a biopsy sample taken from my prostate gland or had prostate tissue removed at an operation, I would be willing to donate tissue samples from my prostate gland for research purposes
115 (45.3)
97 (39.2)
34 (13.4)
7 (2.7)
1 (0.4)
I would be willing to donate tissue samples for research as long as my personal details remained anonymous
117 (45.9)
97 (38.0)
25 (9.8)
13 (5.1)
3 (1.2)
Use of donated tissue samples
If I donated tissue samples:
I would have no objection to my prostate sample being used for any purpose
100 (40.5)
75 (30.4)
45 (18.2)
21 (8.5)
6 (2.4)
I would want to know my individual result
112 (45.2)
82 (33.1)
38 (15.3)
14 (5.6)
2 (0.8)
I would want to know the overall results
104 (42.1)
89 (36.0)
33 (13.4)
21 (8.5)
0
I would like my prostate sample to be used for the development of new treatments for prostate disease
148 (58.9)
84 (33.5)
13 (5.2)
5 (2.0)
1 (0.4)
I would like my prostate sample to be used for development of new methods of diagnosis of prostate disease
145 (58.2)
82 (32.9)
15 (6.0)
5 (2.0)
2 (0.8)
I would like my samples to be used for nonprofit research
140 (55.8)
83 (33.1)
23 (9.1)
3 (1.2)
2 (0.8)
I would like my samples to be used for profit-making research
57 (22.9)
41 (16.5)
69 (27.7)
37 (14.9)
45 (18.0)
I would not like my sample to be used for extra research studies without my specific consent/permission
77 (31.0)
65 (26.2)
39 (15.7)
52 (21.0)
15 (6.1)
In regard to extra research studies I would trust medical researchers to act in an appropriate and ethical way