B-PRECISE, TTR, Canada

Certification Status: Approved
Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The Precision Medicine for Breast Cancer, Tumour Tissue Repository (B-PRECISE, TTR) is a provincial program established at BC Cancer to store breast tumour tissue, blood samples and derivatives, and other biospecimens in support of cancer research.

Registered Biobank Name B-PRECISE, TTR
Biobank Leader Esther Kong
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries ekong@bccrc.ca
Principal Investigator Dr. Samuel Aparicio saparicio@bccrc.ca
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: