PanBioCancer Biobank, Canada

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The PanBioCancer Biobank is a shared BC Research Resource intended to facilitate cancer research across the province and across all tumour types. All patients suspected or diagnosed with cancer will be asked to sign a Consent to: o provide a blood sample o allow access to FFPE tissue o allow access to all medical records registries and other clinical databases for the duration of their involvement with BC Cancer/PHSA o give permission to be contacted for future research

Registered Biobank Name PanBioCancer Biobank
Biobank Leader Gurpal Athwal
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries gurpal.athwal@bccancer.bc.ca
Principal Investigator Dr. Stephen Chia
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: