HGUV Biobank, Spain

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The HGUV Biobank is an integral hospital-affiliated resource designed to advance both basic and clinical research. Its primary goal is to facilitate the creation of innovative tools and methodologies for the prevention and diagnosis of diseases, as well as the identification of novel therapeutic targets. By providing researchers with access to a rich repository of biological samples and associated data, the biobank supports groundbreaking studies that can lead to significant medical breakthroughs and improvements in patient care.

Registered Biobank Name	HGUV Biobank
Biobank Leader	Nieves Prieto-Colodrero
Country	Spain
Email for biobank inquiries	prieto_nie@fihguv.es
Principal Investigator	Esther Roselló Sastre
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

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).