The Autopsy: Obtaining Quality Assurance of Treatment

concerted effort to obtain autopsy permits for our terminal tumor patients. The success rate of the attainment of autopsies for patients with neurodegenerative diseases and the development of multiple neurodegenerative brain tissue banks in this country and around the world are testaments to the effectiveness of protocols and educational materials for caregivers who come in contact with these patients. We need to develop guidelines, some to be built into therapeutic protocols, that allow for a more systematic and successful approach to requesting an autopsy when the end nears for our CNS tumor patients.