The Esophageal and Gastric Data- and Bio-Bank (EGDB Bank), Canada

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

Certification Status: Approved

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The goal of this data- and biobank is the conservation of biological materials and their derivatives, collected from consenting participants with suspicious lesions or confirmed malignancies of the esophagus and/or stomach, to allow future research on the biology of esophageal and gastric diseases, including cancer.

Registered Biobank Name	The Esophageal and Gastric Data- and Bio-Bank (EGDB Bank)
Biobank Leader	Nick Bertos
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	NICHOLAS.BERTOS@MAIL.MCGILL.CA
Principal Investigator	Dr. Lorenzo Ferri
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: