Research Center at King Fahad Medical City , Saudi Arabia

Certification Status: Approved

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: (Folic acid supplementation and RBC levels in a Saudi population sample from Riyadh: Assessment of Saudi pregnant women reaching the recommended folic acid levels), (Developing rapid molecular epidemiology and sequencing of influenza A virus infection), (Prevalence of RAS gene mutations in hematological malignancy in the populations of Riyadh) (Quantification of Adrenomedullin receptor expression in breast cancer as potential cancer bio-marker)

Registered Biobank Name	Research Center at King Fahad Medical City
Biobank Leader	Dr. Emad H Kutbi
Country	Saudi Arabia
Email for biobank inquiries	ekutbi@kfmc.med.sa
Principal Investigator	Dr. Emad H Kutbi
Website
User Type Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper	Oligo - Collection aimed at supporting several research projects, a research group or a research consortium

Biospecimen Collected:

Cohort Highlights

100 cases Next Generation Sequencing assay to detect all classes of genetic variant in Lung Cancer using a single Diagnostic test.
200 cases Colorectal TMA for QC purposes in support of study of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in ovarian cancer tissues.
Build 300 cases breast cancer TMA containing primary tumour and matched metastatic LN for various subtypes (luminal, HER2, Triple negative). Start with Triple negatives.
125 cases Breast tumour and metastatic lymph nodes in breast cancer cases with outcomes of metastasis to lung or bone.
100 cases of rare tumours - fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. FFPE, frozen, BC.
200 cases of FFPE tissue sections from breast, lung adenocarcinoma, and lung squamous cell carcinoma with matching normal tissue (only pathology data requested).