Banque de tissus, de sang et de données cliniques associées à des fins de recherche sur les mélanomes et autres cancers de la peau du CHUM, Canada

Certification Status: Approved
Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The focus of this biobank is to collect, cryopreserve and provide access to paraffin-embedded tissues of surgically resected high risk primary or metastatic skin cancer and blood derivatives. Associated clinical and pathological data are collected and linked to the biospecimen inventory.

Registered Biobank Name Banque de tissus, de sang et de données cliniques associées à des fins de recherche sur les mélanomes et autres cancers de la peau du CHUM
Biobank Leader Simon Turcotte
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries simon.turcotte.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Principal Investigator Simon Turcotte
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
 Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.
Biospecimen Collected:
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